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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Rachel Smith & Paul Britton

Thug called ex a 'fat, ugly c***' and threatened to smash her face in

A jilted man torched his ex's car then threatened to set fire to the house where she lived with her children, a court heard.

Joseph Whittam - now starting a jail sentence - sent hundreds of abusive texts and voicemails, including death threats, to the woman and a man he wrongly thought she had started a relationship with.

In August 2022, Whittam, 32, called the woman a "fat, ugly c***" and threatened to smash her face in, a judge was told.

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