A serving prisoner sent ‘hundreds’ of menacing and threatening videos to his ex from his cell in a sick stalking campaign. Jonathan Hardman, 35, acquired a phone whilst serving time in HMP Forest Bank for an assault on another prisoner, and began bombarding his former partner with messages and videos.
In one three-and-a-half minute video sent as a ‘repercussion’ for the woman going shopping, he said: “It’s not hard for me to do what I have done the other day to get your attention. You little f****** valve. You deserve a good f******** battering, girl. You are a vindictive little slag, like your little girls.”
Prosecutor Phillip Hall told Manchester Crown Court that in the video Hardman displayed ‘menacing and unhinged’ behaviour, and was mocking and taunting her, as well as being abusive towards her and her children.
