Jilted boyfriend tried to get his ex sacked
46-YEAR-OLD MADE SCURRILOUS CLAIMS TO VICTIM’S BOSS AFTER SHE STARTED DATING HIS NEIGHBOUR
A JILTED boyfriend who waged a vindictive smear campaign against his ex-lover in a bid to get her the sack after she began dating his nextdoor neighbour has been ordered to pay her hundreds of pounds in compensation.
Andrew Mclackland, 46, repeatedly called his former lover’s boss at a home care service for the elderly and falsely alleged her new boyfriend was a drug addict in the hope they would dismiss her. Stockport magistrates court was told that in his poisonous calls, dad-of-one Mclackland said the woman, who lives opposite him in Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire, should be reported to social services. He also posted malicious messages on Facebook, claiming she was a ‘scruff who lived with a meth head.’
He also crept across the road outside his home to vandalise her car and deliberately let down the tyres at night so she would be late for work.
In a statement to police, she said: “He has caused me considerable distress during the whole thing from beginning to end and caused me considerable upset. He scares me and I don’t know what he will do next. Until I can scrape some more funds together I’m stuck living opposite him.’’
Mclackland was told to pay the woman £710 in compensation. He was also ordered to be confined to his house at night under the terms of a five-week 8pm to 8am curfew after he admitted harassing his former partner between October and November last year. He was banned from contacting the victim for two years under the terms of a restraining order, was ordered to complete a 12-month community order and enrol on a programme to encourage ‘healthy relationships.’ The compensation will go towards the repairs to the victim’s car.
Caroline King, defending, said: “It’s been a very difficult few months for him and he made full admission when he was interviewed by the police. There have been further police call-outs in respect of suggestions that the complainant’s partner has caused damage to Mr Mclackland’s property – however, no charges have been brought about that. Mr Mclackland feels very strongly that he feels he’s slightly being victimised now. He does show genuine remorse for this offence but it has been difficult because they all live in very close proximity to each other.’’