A stalker who bombarded women with messages then harassed his solicitor saying he was in love with her, a court heard.
Kyle O'Connor, 27, was previously spared jail after stalking the women for months via social media.
He would tell them he loved them, but things then turned nasty and he would sign them up to porn websites.
Now O'Connor, who has mental health problems, has been hauled back before the courts after he admitted harassment of the solicitor who initially represented him in court.
Manchester Crown Court heard the harassment started before O'Connor was sentenced for his previous offences, which included sending his victims messages about the 'involuntarily celibate' or 'incel' community - an online group inspired by a mass murder in America.
In September, he called the solicitor's office to say he had a 'crush' on the woman.
His case was transferred to another lawyer, but his behaviour continued.
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Days later he messaged the victim saying 'you have treated me with disdain and contempt because I am physically repulsive'.
In another text, he said 'I just want to be loved'.
On September 24, O'Connor, from Wythenshawe, was handed a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to three counts of stalking which caused serious alarm or distress; and two counts of possessing a bladed article.
Later that day, he rang the solicitor's office three times and was 'verbally abusive', prosecutor James Preece said.
The day after, he called her phone at 5am, and left a voicemail saying he loved her and suggested he would self harm if she didn't reply, the court heard.
There were further emails. In one, to both female lawyers, he said 'you both think I'm ugly, that's why you are ignoring me'.
In further correspondence in October, he declared his love for the victim, and made 'inappropriate comments'.
She said that around this time, she started receiving 'password reset' emails, and that she had been signed up to porn websites.
A judge said there was 'no direct evidence beyond coincidence' regarding any alleged role O'Connor had.
This caused her to remove herself from social media and she had to change her email address, the court heard.
O'Connor was arrested in November and told officers he didn't mean any harm or malice towards the woman.
In a victim statement, she said the decision to report O'Connor to police was difficult, but believed she had made the right decision as his behaviour was 'escalating' and it was 'mirroring' the previous case.
Defending, Brendan O'Leary said O'Connor has 'difficulties in expressing himself' to females and 'difficulties in forming attachment in relationships'.
He said he was in love 'because of the care she gave his case', Mr O'Leary said.
The court heard O'Connor had complied with his suspended sentence order, other than mental health treatment, because the person responsible for him had been off ill themselves.
He was remanded into custody after being arrested in November.
Judge Martin Rudland deferred sentencing for three months, to allow O'Connor to undergo the mental health treatment before deciding on the final outcome.
O'Connor, who appeared in court on video link from prison, was released on bail, but was ordered not to contact the solicitor.
