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| Former Scotland and Blackburn Rovers captain Colin Hendry has pleaded guilty to harassing his ex-girlfriend. | Former Scotland and Blackburn Rovers captain Colin Hendry has pleaded guilty to harassing his ex-girlfriend. |
| Hendry, 49, admitted sending unwanted text messages and emails to beautician Sarah Kinder after she ended their relationship in March. | Hendry, 49, admitted sending unwanted text messages and emails to beautician Sarah Kinder after she ended their relationship in March. |
| An allegation of common assault against Hendry was dropped after Ms Kinder retracted her statement. | An allegation of common assault against Hendry was dropped after Ms Kinder retracted her statement. |
| Blackpool magistrates adjourned sentencing until 20 August for a Probation Service report. | |
| The court heard Hendry, of Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, accepted he made unwanted visits to Ms Kinder's home in the town and twice threw stones at her bedroom window. | |
| Ms Kinder retracted her allegation that the ex-footballer grabbed her arm several times as she tried to get in a taxi. | |
| 'No assault evidence' | |
| She attended court but was not required to give evidence in a scheduled trial at Blackpool Magistrates' Court. | |
| Hendry began seeing Ms Kinder following the death of his wife Denise, 42, in 2009 as a result of botched cosmetic surgery. | |
| Ms Kinder broke off the relationship in late December 2014 but they were reunited on 21 February, the court heard. | |
| Hendry was told sentencing options ranged from a custodial sentence to a community order. | |
| Hendry received a 17-month ban from the road earlier this year after he admitted drink-driving in Lytham in the early hours of 21 February. | |
| He was previously reported to have "bombarded" Ms Kinder with text messages following the first split and was given a harassment order. | |
| Ms Kinder finally ended the relationship on 3 March and Hendry's catalogue of harassment followed from that date until 18 April, it was said. | |
| The central defender captained his country in the 1998 World Cup and appeared for a series of clubs including Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City, Bolton Wanderers, Blackpool and Rangers. | |
| He also managed Blackpool and Clyde. |