A 'poisonous' ex-girlfriend who sent herself threats from fake Instagram accounts to get an innocent man locked up has been jailed for 10 months.
Courtney Ireland-Ainsworth created up to 30 false profiles, then told police her former partner Louis Jolly was behind 'vile' messages that she said had been sent to her.
The DHL worker, who was 19 at the time, reported him for supposedly threatening to stab her and warning: 'She is getting a f***ing blade in her chest.'
She made 10 police statements claiming Mr Jolly was harassing and stalking her, leading to him being arrested six times and spending 81 hours in custody, including being remanded overnight.
Mr Jolly was arrested six times, charged with assault and stalking, hit with a stalking protection order, bailed on a home curfew with an electronic tag, and even lost his job.
Recorder Ian Harris today told Ireland-Ainsworth: 'You created an entirely fictional but superficially credible web of poisonous deceit for over five months.'
Mr Jolly, 22, said they were together for two years but split up on 'okay terms' in October 2019, before Ireland-Ainsworth started seeing a new boyfriend, a man called Declan Rice.
Liverpool Crown Court heard Ireland-Ainsworth, now 20, of Brackendale, Runcorn, then began her 'deliberate and malevolent lies'.
Paul Blasbery, prosecuting, said she made numerous calls to police from July 15 to December 13, 2020, and provided screenshots of messages and the names of Instagram accounts, which she...
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