Woman jailed after sending Facebook message to her ex-boyfriend's dog
A woman who messaged her boyfriend’s dog on Facebook has been jailed.
Paula Higham, 38, breached the terms of a suspended sentence imposed in August last year when she breached a non-molestation order by messaging her ex's dog on Facebook.
Higham also threatened to kill her former partner, and issued threats towards his mum, calling her “rough”, adding “she will be looking worse soon”.
In August 2021, she was handed a non-molestation order by the family courts preventing her from contacting her ex for one year.
Recorder Tim Harrington handed Higham a one-year imprisonment suspended for 18 months and ordered her to complete 100 hours of unpaid work plus a 20-day rehabilitation activity requirement, the Echo reported.
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Despite the non-molestation order, she sent a string of "deeply unpleasant" messages a week after the order was made.
Liverpool Crown Court (Liverpool Echo)Three days later, Higham messaged a Facebook account which had been set up in the name of Mr Davies' dog.
A court heard Higham failed to attend two unpaid work appointments on November 10 and November 24 last year, leaving her in breach of her suspended sentence.
Zara Baqri, prosecuting, said Higham’s continued alcohol abuse meant she missed appointments, and when she is there, she is sometimes intoxicated and acts aggressively towards staff.
Ms Baqri added: “She presents an increased risk towards staff at this time.”
Higham was jailed for a year, reduced to eight months (Liverpool echo)The prosecution explained although Higham has complied somewhat, the probation service do not feel she can manage the order without a support system, which she currently does not have.
She has completed 37 out of 100 hours of unpaid work required of her.
Oliver Saddington, defending, said: “She apologises through me for these breaches.” He said an “unfettered torrent of commentary from anonymous members of the public” posted on online articles written about Higham caused her to have a mental breakdown and turn to alcohol.
Mr Saddington also detailed that Higham had received death threats from someone she knew previously.
He added: “She returned to drinking heavily to reconcile the nastiness and abuse she was receiving.
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“Truth be told, she is still feeling scared and suffers with her mental health today.
“She has completed 37 hours and she wants to do more, and I beseech your honour to give her a second chance.”
In sentencing, Recorder Eric Lamb said: “You have been presenting in a way in which you were verbally aggressive towards your offender manager, and there have been occasions in which you were sporadic in your engagement with unpaid work.
“I have concluded that activation of the sentence would not be unjust.”
Recorder Lamb activated the suspended sentence of 12 months imprisonment, but reduced it to eight months to take into account the elements of the community order Higham already completed.
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