A MAN has been jailed for six years after he continued stalking and harassing his ex-partner upon his release from prison.

Christopher Fisher, of no fixed address, breached his 10-year restraining order to set up numerous Instagram accounts to send threatening and abusive messages to the woman.

In some of the messages the 30-year-old told her: "I wish you were dead" and "I hope it bears too much for you and you decide to end things."

Fisher pleaded guilty to stalking causing serious harm and breaching a restraining order.

He was sentenced to six years in prison on Friday, June 10 at Chester Crown Court and received an indefinite restraining order.

The court heard how, in 2020 Fisher was sentenced to 16 months for stalking with a fear of violence against the 26-year-old woman.

Back in September 2020, when Fisher – at the time living in Egremont, Wirral – was initially sentenced, the court heard that following the breakdown of his relationship with his partner at the end of 2018, Fisher had repeatedly called and sent emails and social media messages to the victim, at one stage calling her up to 192 times a day.

Many were threatening or emotionally manipulative, and the victim continually made it clear his contact was unwanted.

In her victim impact statement, the victim stated: "I felt anxious, on edge, terrified, fearing for my safety, controlled and watched again, almost like he was abusing me from afar and I hadn't left the nightmare of our relationship.

"As the harassment escalated, he threatened my life in a series of voicemails, and threatened to come and find me. I was absolutely petrified, as he knew where I lived.

"He also contacted what seemed like every male friend I had on Facebook – creating new accounts if he had to - asking if they knew about any relationship I might be in.

"He then resorted to impersonating friends and even faking his own death to his friends for a week to get a reaction from me.

"This caused me to feel intensely distressed anguished, humiliated and isolated as I had to explain to co-workers, friends and acquaintances (even months later) what I was dealing with, which was just as hard as admitting it to myself.

"The fact that he threatened literally every aspect of my life (university, career, relationships, friendships, safety of home, my own life) meant that I have developed Complex PTSD.

"This means I have nightmares, flashbacks, major anxiety, trust issues, difficulty controlling my emotions, dissociation, occasional physical pains and suicidal thoughts."

In February 2021, Fisher was released from prison and began uploading abusive posts on Instagram that were aimed at the victim.

The woman’s friend saw the posts, which made her concerned for the victim’s safety, and made her aware of them.

Within a month, Fisher began sending the victim direct messages via several Instagram accounts using different names.

The messages continued until April 2021 when Fisher was arrested and taken into custody and answered no comment to all questions put to him.

During the investigation, police seized Fisher’s phone and found searches for the victim along with screenshots and stalking websites.

On sentencing Fishe,r Judge Simon Berkson called him a ‘dangerous’ offender.

Detective Sergeant Kevin Green, of Ellesmere Port local policing unit, said: “Fisher’s actions and behaviour greatly impacted the victim the first time he was sentenced. He then chose to torment her again upon his release from prison despite the restraining order placed on him.

“Understandably it left her feeling considerably distressed and brought back her fears and anxiety.

“She contacted the police and Fisher was remanded preventing his behaviour from escalating.

“While we would never have wanted her to be put in this position again, he has been handed a more severe sentence along with the restraining order increasing indefinitely, and I hope this enables her to start to feel safe again.”