Stalker cop who ‘fixated’ on a married man is jailed for 11 months
Ashley Boyd from Moodiesburn, Lanarkshire, hacked her victim’s social media accounts and posted slurs about his wife during her crazed four-month obsession
A POLICE officer turned stalker who became “fixated” with a married man has been jailed for almost a year.
Ashley Boyd, 27, developed an obsession with Kevin O’Connor who is married to her former friend, and pretended to be him in messages to pals about his “unhappy marriage”.
She changed his relationship status on Facebook to “single” and posted an offensive comment about his wife Rhona on his Twitter account.
Glasgow Sheriff Court heard Boyd even got a pal to tell cops they were responsible for the Twitter post in a twisted attempt to dodge blame.
, from Moodiesburn, Lanarkshire pled guilty to “engaging in a course of conduct which cased Rhona and Kevin O’Connor fear and alarm” by stalking, between June and September last year.
She also admitted a charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice.
But the disgraced cop had told a during the trial.
Sheriff Paul Crozier blasted the “evil and calculated” act of destruction.
He added: “Your conduct throughout this whole sorry episode has been destructive, self-serving and manipulative.”
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The sheriff said she had lied until a second background report was compiled, claiming she had been in an intimate relationship with Mr O’Connor but later accepted that was untrue.
At an earlier court date it was heard there was “absolutely no romantic or sexual relationship” between Mr O’Connor and Boyd.
Procurator fiscal depute Andrew Beadsworth added: “Boyd appears to have become fixated upon Kevin O’Connor.”
Speaking outside after the sentencing, Mrs O’Connor said: “I am relieved, I actually can’t believe it.
“It has been an absolute nightmare, my health suffered, I have been ill constantly.
“This is punishment, we will be able to move on.”
Mr and Mrs O’Connor were on holiday abroad in June last year when his sister text him to say his Facebook page had been changed to say he was single.
He also received a text from a colleague saying she had a “strange” conversation on Facebook messenger.
The woman claimed Mr O’Connor told her he was unhappy in his marriage and asked if it was him she had been speaking to.
An offensive tweet with slurs including “wouldn’t want to go near that” and the hashtag “wife” was also posted.
Cops later traced the IP address used to access the social media accounts to Boyd’s mobile number.
Defence lawyer Lene Doherty earlier told the court her client wrongly interpreted mixed messages from Mr O’Connor which promoted her to carry out the Facebook activity.
Miss Doherty said: “She’s embarrassed and ashamed.”
Boyd was jailed for 11 months.
A five year non-harassment order to protect the O’Connors was also granted.
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