A cheating wife who made false rape claims against her husband after he refused to do household chores has been spared jail.
Former town councillor Sharon Taylor, 61, vowed to 'destroy' her husband David following the collapse of their 21-year marriage.
A court heard he moved out of their semi-detached home in Malvern, Worcestershire, last year after she admitted having an affair.
Taylor then bombarded her estranged husband with abusive 'non-stop' messages demanding he continue to carry out household chores.
Between March and April this year she sent him 216 messages including one branding him a 'robotic Nazi'.
Taylor then went to the post office where he worked and lied to his boss, claiming he had raped her over a number of years.
She continued to hound her husband and threatened to report him to the police for rape unless he quit his job.
She was found guilty of stalking and blackmail charges when she appeared at Worcester Crown Court on Monday.
Taylor, of Meadow Road, Malvern, wept in the dock when she was sentenced to a total of two years and three months, suspended for two years.
She was also ordered to complete 30 days rehabilitation and slapped with a restraining order, banning her from contacting her husband.
Judge Martin Jackson said: 'False allegations of rape are extremely unsettling.
'Threatening to make an allegation that is untrue is a very serious matter.'
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