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A man has been jailed after carrying out a ‘determined’ and ‘highly personal’ campaign of harassment against a woman he tried to buy blinds from.
On one occasion Thomas Naughton even travelled to Wales in search of the victim’s home address.
He later sent her a message with an emoji of a door, stating he had found her address and was “getting closer and closer”.
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The defendant, 41, made hundreds of phone calls and sent messages to the victim’s partner and brother as part of the ‘personal vendetta’.
He also made sustained efforts to discredit her on her Facebook page, calling her a ‘scammer’, a court heard.
A judge said Naughton had carried out a “wretched and threatening campaign of vitriol” and jailed him for 33 months.
Naughton’s grievance with the victim began in February 2019 when he ordered some bespoke blinds from her online business.
He was asked to pay a 50 percent deposit, which he said he couldn’t afford, instead paying £150 and owing £400, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.
Prosecutor Claire Fordham said the blinds were made and the company had no more contact with Naughton until November that year, when he said he would pay another £100 via Paypal as a ‘holding payment’.
The following month, Naughton contacted the victim asking to be reimbursed, however the blinds were bespoke and had already been made, Ms Fordham said.
In March 2020, the defendant paid £140 to the business but then sent a message to the victim claiming it had been a mistake and he needed the money back.
Reminded of the outstanding balance, he became abusive towards the victim’s partner stating “Give me the money back by 5pm or you
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