A vile stalker embarked on a sickening hate campaign against his ex - which ended with him assaulting TEN
police officers.
Lewis Wheeler, 21, threatened to
rape and kill his former girlfriend and said he would upload private and explicit material of her onto sleazy website Pornhub.
He began messaging the girl over a hundred times a day, and threatened to kill himself if she didn't reply, and when she blocked him he targeted her family.
Wheeler even used his own mother's
Facebook account to continually target his terrified victim.
The defendant pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to one stalking charge, one count of harassment, being in possession of cannabis and 10 assaults on police officers.
All of the offences occurred between November 30, 2017, and January 4 this year.
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The stalking charge was in relation to his ex girlfriend, while the harassment offence concerned her mother, who he also messaged up to 100 times a day in a bid to get her daughter to talk to him.
Alison May, prosecuting, said the background of the offences was a broken relationship.
She said: "He is a young man who had some difficulty coming to terms with the breakdown of his relationship, which came about through his use of weed, which was said to be affecting his behaviour.
"He started to call, text and Facebook message his ex saying that he was depressed and wanted to get back with her.
"At first she tried to help but, when the contact occurred up to 100 times a day, she had to block him on Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram.
"He then opened fake Facebook accounts as a means of contacting the woman and even used his mum's Facebook account.
"Messages included 'speak to me, speak to me or I'll kill myself', 'I'm going to end up hurting you, I'll f**k you up' and 'I'll break your face and slit your throat'."
Ms May added that Wheeler also threatened to rape the woman and share private photos and videos.
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The court heard that on January 1 the victim said Wheeler contacted her through email, saying he was going to jump off a cliff, adding: "I'm in Falmouth and I've assaulted three police officers, why do you do this to me?"
He then threatened to post media on Pornhub so "everyone at her uni could see".
Ms May then moved onto detail Wheeler's violent outbursts against the police, saying that, on January 4, he sent a message to her friend saying he'd taken 50 tablets.
While being restrained by police he kicked PC James Merrikin in the chest and, whilst in the ambulance, kicked out at and spat at PC David Nielson.
She added: "PC Mark Henniker was also spat at and whilst in a disabled toilet Wheeler pushed and kicked PC Nicholas Sodergren in the chest.
"The decision was taken to take him to Longreach mental health unit and, whilst in the van, he hit his own head against the side of the van and spat in the face of PC Robin Strickland.
"He was swinging and lashing out at anybody and everybody and took his clothes off in custody and tied them around his neck. Sergeant Grigg was also kicked, shoved and spat at."
The remainder of the assaulting police officer charges took place on January 1, when officers were called to Wheeler's home following calls he had taken an overdose.
He pushed PC Strickland and spat at PS Berry and PC Carthew, some of the spit landing in PC Carthew's mouth.
For Wheeler, Chris Andrews said that he was a young man of previous good character and that his actions following the break-up show a level of immaturity.
Mr Andrews said that he was "in a bad place" and that the offences happened during "a couple of weeks of madness".
He said: "The behaviour was out of character, he is an apprentice chef with a good family and exceedingly bright future.
"He said some atrociously bad things, but didn't carry out any of his threats and would like to apologise to the victim and her family."
Wheeler was jailed for four months and ordered to pay each police officer he assaulted £50.
He was also given a restraining order.
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