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How to woo that colleague who doesn't seem to know you exist? You could engage her in laughter-filled conversation by the water cooler or invite her out for drinks after work. Then again, you could break into her house while she's asleep with her family upstairs, download child pornography on her computer and try and frame her husband. 44-year-old Ilkka Karltunen, from Finland, tried just that after he became obsessed by a co-worker and imagined that he could end up with her if only he could get her pesky husband out of the way. He sneaked into her home, downloaded the abhorrent images and then stole the computer's hard drive, later sending it anonymously to police with a note pointing the blame at his colleague's other half. The husband was then arrested and kept away from his young children and home while he was investigated. Somehow police ended up suspecting some involvement on Kartunen's part and ended up searching his home. In his garden shed they found a computer that contained the entire contents of his victim’s home computer, including family photographs, pictures of her husband’s bank statements, credit and debit cards. They also found evidence that on another occasion, while the family were out, Karttunen had broken into his victim’s home to take photographs of a calendar that showed when her husband would be at work. As well as that, he photographed a child’s bedroom in the house. Karttunnen denied the charges against him, but a jury convicted him on Friday. He was sentenced to four and a half years in prison. He was also made subject to a restraining order and has been ordered to sign the sex offenders register. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7081986.ece added by: richjm