Halle BerryHalle BerryPetrified Halle Berry has won a three-year restraining order against a security guard who sent a series of threatening letters to her home.

Robert Sawyer, from San Francisco, begged the Oscar-winning actress for forgiveness after the verdict - but still claimed he was innocent.

He said in court papers his contact with Berry was a result of mistaken identity and fraud.

Sawyer said the contact started after he met a woman who introduced herself as Halle Berry and asked him to write a manuscript for her.

"I think Berry and myself are victims of mistaken identity, and possible fraud," he said.

He apologised for "disturbing Berry the way I've done. It was not my intention to do so."

Neither were in court for Monday's hearing where a judge ordered Sawyer to stay away from Berry's home and place of work and stop phoning, emailing or writing to her.

According to papers filed on behalf of the actress, Sawyer wrote saying he wanted to spend Valentine's Day with Berry.

"Leave a message where I can reach you. I'm not playing now," he wrote.

Referring to the manuscript he had written, Sawyer added: "Call me. I'm serious, so stop horsing around. I'm tired as hell of not hearing from you. I was told that you'd talk to me when I finished. It's (sic) finished, so call me damn it."