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A jilted saleswoman turned her ex’s life into a ‘nightmare’ after posting explicit images of him on the internet. Ellie Melaugh is believed to be the first female convicted of targeting a man since so-called revenge porn legislation was introduced a year ago.
The 20-year-old uploaded intimate photographs of her former boyfriend to Facebook and Twitter, and set up a fake profile on dating site Plenty of Fish. The images, accompanied by his name and full address, were seen by the victim’s mother and grandparents as well as countless strangers…
Melaugh also threatened to burn down her ex’s house and messaged his sister, saying: ‘I hope that your little girl gets cancer.’
The victim said he was forced to leave his job as a manager at a respected national firm as a result of the attacks. He said: ‘She was a childish woman who would strop, stamp her feet and cry if she did not get her way.
‘Near the end of the relationship I felt scared of her, she would not leave me alone. One night we rowed and I said I would go to the pub so she could calm down. When I turned around she was eating my money to stop me. She had a £10 note in her mouth and swallowed it.’…
Melaugh, of Bromley, South East London, admitted a revenge pornography offence and harassment at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court last month. Sentencing her to a 12-week jail term, suspended for two years, magistrate Rachel Lipscomb described Melaugh as ‘vulnerable’.
