A computer hacker who made the lives of girls and women a misery is now bullying vulnerable prison inmates, a court heard.
Ryan Campbell was slammed by a judge for his "cowardly" offences that "paralysed" a victim with fear and left her "suicidal and reclusive".
The creep sent the distraught woman's family private sexual photos of her and edited a newspaper article to make it look like she was a paedophile.
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Liverpool Crown Court heard the 22-year-old turned her life upside down just because she "rebuffed" his advances on Snapchat and blocked him.
Campbell began the "sinister and abusive" campaign last October - within days of being released from a previous jail sentence for similar offences.
He was locked up for 20 months in September 2020 for targeting three victims: a child aged just 12 or 13 after she refused to send him naked pictures; a 16-year-old ex-partner, who he told to kill herself; and a 15-year-old girl, who he tormented by pretending to be her alleged rapist.
Campbell, of Smith Road, Kirkdale, said he was "deeply regretful" for the pain and distress he caused to his latest victim when he was interviewed by police.
He also repeated that he was "very sorry" in a letter sent to the court ahead of his sentencing for computer hacking, harassment and 'revenge porn' offences.
But a sceptical judge rejected those claims and said it was "offensive" for Campbell to refer to personal matters - said to include family problems and the deaths of people close to him - and to try to blame his crimes on them.
Recorder Ian Harris said: "Reports indicate in prison you bully vulnerable prisoners and you have compiled your own records on these individuals.
"You have a dislike of sex offenders and have written comments encouraging them to kill themselves.
"The irony is of course that the charge you have pleaded guilty to, of disclosing sexual images, on one view categorises you as an offender who has committed an offence of a sexual nature."
The judge said a "progress update" stated his engagement with the Probation Service was "sporadic" and he had declined to attend a video interview with his offender manager.
Recorder Harris added: "It's noted in that report that you blame others for your actions and display a high sense of entitlement, a grandiose view of yourself, and a high level of manipulation.
"It's said there are significant risk concerns because of your flawed attitudes and beliefs towards women and those risk concerns extend to and are in relation to future contact and non-contact offences.
"It's also asserted, and backed up by your convictions and behaviour, that you seek out vulnerable victims.
"In this case you have shattered the victim's self-confidence and self-esteem."
The judge told Campbell he was assessed as being a risk of causing serious physical and psychological harm to the public in terms of partners and to known adults and children.
He said: "I find you are manipulative and devious. Your criminal behaviour is, as I said, highly cowardly.
"In other circumstances you could easily be sentenced on the basis that you are plainly a dangerous individual."
Rebecca Smith, prosecuting, outlined how Campbell hacked his latest victim's Facebook, threatened to visit her grandad's home, and claimed her phone number had been put on Gumtree in an advert for an escort.
He sent her stepmother a doctored article from the Independent newspaper with the headline "sinister female paedophile who abused nursery children handed suspended sentence", but now including her name, photo and the area where she lived.
And he then hacked her Snapchat account to retrieve intimate photos, which he then shared in a Facebook messenger group chat of her family and friends.
In the end, after he bombarded her address with Just East deliveries she hadn't ordered, the woman reported him to the police and fled her home.
The court heard a victim personal statement read out by the traumatised young woman - who the ECHO chose not to name - over a video link.
She described how she was left feeling "extremely depressed and anxious to the point that getting out of bed is a struggle" and how she "no longer felt safe or comfortable leaving home".
The woman said: "This boy has destroyed my life through what he thinks is a small crime."
She added: "He made me think the only way he would stop is by me taking my own life."
Record Harris said none of Campbell's actions were attributable to any identified mental disorder.
He said they caused his latest victim significant psychological harm and "humiliated" her.
Jailing him for two years, the judge concluded: "I don't find there is any remorse that I can take into account."
He imposed an indefinite restraining order and a five-year Criminal Behaviour Order, restricting Campbell's internet use.
Speaking after the case, Detective Inspector John Black said: "The punishment handed to Campbell shows that we simply will not tolerate such vile harassment towards women.
"People like Campbell think that the internet will give them anonymity to make threats and ruin lives – but not on our watch. Our message to anyone who thinks such online behaviour is acceptable is that we will find you and put you before the courts.
"I would like to thank his victim for the bravery and courage she has shown in coming forward and supporting the police investigation to put Campbell behind bars. I hope that the fact that Campbell is off our streets and can no longer cause fear and harm to other women will provide some comfort to his victim and will help her move on from her ordeal.
"I would also like to take this opportunity to encourage any victims of similar online offences to come forward and report it to us. We have specially trained officers who will take your complaint extremely seriously, support you sensitively every step of the way and take strong action against the person responsible.
"Time is no barrier to reporting such offences for us to investigate such offences, so please let us know if you have been a victim. We will support and work with women and girls who are subjected to stalking or harassment, violence, domestic abuse, or any other crimes based on their gender, so we can identify offenders and put them before the courts.”
Anyone with information or wants to report online harassment is asked to call 101 where you will be spoken to by specially trained officers or you can pass information to Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Having strong passwords and use of two factor authentication can help protect your online accounts, the NCSC has all helpful advice and guidance on how you can help protect your online accounts from compromise, it can be found here.
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