A CHESTER woman who bombarded a friend's partner with abusive calls and messages and threw rubbish at her doorway has appeared in court.

Yvonne Andresen, 48, of Cross Street, pleaded guilty to a charge of harassment when she appeared at Chester Magistrates Court on Tuesday, July 12.

Prosecuting, Alan Currums said prior to the first incident in February this year, there had been no issues between the defendant and her victim.

He said it was on February 21 when the victim was contacted by an inmate at HMP Berywn, asking if she could take Andresen to prison as it was his birthday that day. The victim agreed, but after the appointment time was changed to a morning time, the victim was unable to make that time.

As a result, Andresen sent verbally abusive messages to the victim, who blocked her number.

Despite that, Andresen continued to call the victim; four times on February 28 and nine times on March 6.

On the latter date, at 7.20pm, the victim was sat in the kitchen of her home when she could hear shouting from outside, and she recognised the voice as that of Andresen.

Andresen called the victim a "dirty f****** w****" and a "lying, two-faced s**g."

Mr Currums said: "This went on for some time".

The following day, Andresen passed by the address and put up a v-sign when passing the window.

Later in March, the victim had to clear up rubbish on several consecutive days from her front door porch, and on March 26 saw Andresen throwing rubbish at the door.

On March 29, when asked: "Why throw rubbish?", Andresen replied: "Because you're a grass."

The court heard Andresen had also left a number of abusive voicemail messages in late March.

The victim made a complaint to police in late March, in which she said she feared going out of her house and her anxiety had been raised as a result of the harassment.

In April, the victim received evidence from her son showing Andresen had contacted him with abusive messages in relation to her, including a reference to a family member who had passed away from cancer.

The court heard Andresen had effectively no previous convictions, and had not been before the court since the 1990s.

She had accepted making the comments during police interview.

Defending, Howard Jones requested a pre-sentence report for Andresen.

Magistrates agreed and the case was adjourned until August 9. Andresen was released on bail, on condition she does not contact the victim in any way.