A 'dangerous' stalker told his ex-partner 'I hope it bears too much for you and you decide to end things' in a barrage of threatening and abusive messages. Christopher Fisher has now been jailed for six years.
Fisher, said police, continued stalking and harassing his ex-girlfriend upon his release from prison. In 2020, he was sentenced to 16 months behind bars for stalking with a fear of violence against the 26-year-old woman.
He was released in February last year, but began uploading abusive posts on Instagram that were aimed at her, police in Cheshire said. Fisher told her in another message: "I wish you were dead."
Police said he used several Instagram accounts and different names to send her direct messages. A friend saw the posts and concerned for her safety, alerted her to them. The messages continued until April last year, when Fisher was arrested and taken into custody.
During the investigation police seized his phone and found searches for the victim along with screenshots and stalking websites, Cheshire Police added in a statement. Fisher, of no fixed address, but from the Wirral, pleaded guilty to stalking causing serious harm and breaching a 10-year restraining order imposed on him when he was jailed in 2020.
He was sentenced to six years in prison on Friday, June 10, at Chester Crown Court, police said. A judge also imposed an indefinite restraining order.
In a statement, police said: "The court heard how in 2020 Fisher was sentenced to 16-months for stalking with a fear of violence against the 26-year-old woman. In February 2021 he was released from prison and began uploading abusive posts on Instagram that were aimed at the victim.
"The woman’s friend saw the posts, which made her concerned for the victim’s safety, and made her aware of them. Within a month Fisher began sending the victim direct messages via several Instagram accounts using different names.
"The messages continued until April 2021 when Fisher was arrested and taken into custody and answered no comment to all questions put to him." The force said on sentencing Fisher, Judge Simon Berkson called him a ‘dangerous’ offender.
Detective Sergeant Kevin Green said: "Fisher's actions and behaviour greatly impacted the victim the first time he was sentenced. He then chose to torment her again upon his release from prison despite the restraining order placed on him. Understandably it left her feeling considerably distressed and brought back her fears and anxiety.
"She contacted the police and Fisher was remanded preventing his behaviour from escalating. While we would never have wanted her to be put in this position again, he has been handed a more severe sentence along with the restraining order increasing indefinitely, and I hope this enables her to start to feel safe again."
