Woman pretended she'd given birth to ex's baby in vile campaign that 'destroyed his family'

A woman pretended she had given birth to her ex-boyfriend's baby following a bitter breakup. Stephanie Mahoney subjected her former partner and his mum to a 'campaign of harassment' in the aftermath of their split, a court heard.

She was said to have 'made his life hell' by bombarding them with a string of vile messages on Facebook and Instagram, 'lying about being pregnant', and posting pictures of aborted foetuses online while alleging he had 'bullied' her into having a termination, a judge was told.

Liverpool Crown Court heard on Wednesday the 32-year-old had been in a relationship with her victim, who isn't being named, between July 2020 and July 2021. Simon Leong, prosecuting, described how Mahoney, of Long Lane in Wavertree, 'claimed she was pregnant with his child, however that did not salvage the relationship'.

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After their breakup, she "began a campaign of harassment and stalking" against both him and his mum. This included posting his home address, where he lived with his gran, to Facebook and Instagram alongside "false allegations" he had "forced her to get an abortion".

Mahoney was said to have created dozens of fake accounts on the two social media platforms and sent a string of distressing messages to him, his relatives and friends. She eventually "turned her attention" to his mum as he "did not have much social media presence" and posted "a number of disturbing and unpleasant photographs, including of aborted foetuses".

One was accompanied with the caption "this is what [former partner's mum] wants her grandchild to look like, in pieces". In another post, she added: "Why do you want your grandchild to be ripped