A convict who struck up a friendship with a young woman while in prison has received a five-year sentence for harassment.
Carlos Boente, 33, was a prisoner in Birmingham jail when he was given the number of the woman from a cellmate.
He began texting and phoning the teenager - she was 19 at the time - and initially asked her to change his Facebook password as a favour.
The young woman, who did not know about Boente, agreed and was subsequently bombarded with texts and phone calls in which he told her he had no friends or family and no-one visited him in prison.
The young woman felt sorry for him and kept in touch but soon his texts became sinisterly controlling.
He asked where she was and, if she did not respond, he left abusive and threatening messages.
The contact had started in November 2013 and, by the end of January 2014, the woman was left feeling exhausted, frightened and threatened.
After Boente phoned to apologise and then, during one of the calls, made threats against her young child and told her she was going to die, she called the police.
"Even when the victim was giving a statement to us about Boente's behaviour, we witnessed him constantly calling her, shouting down the phone and being abusive," said Detective Constable Vanessa Lewis who led the investigation.
"Despite knowing we were investigating him, Boente showed no signs of stopping his disturbing conduct," Det Con Lewis continued.
"On 24 March, shortly after we blocked his letters and landline contact from the prison, three men entered the home of the woman's aunt and uncle looking for a safe.
"Boente's Facebook status two days later - boasting that he sent his "soldiers" to the property - indicated he was behind the burglary."
Boente was charged last June with two counts of threats to kill, one count of harassment, one count of conspiracy to burgle and three counts of possessing a mobile phone while in prison - he had denied all charges, apart from two counts of possessing a mobile phone.
On 1 April 2015, he was cleared of the threats to kill charges but found guilty of conspiracy to burgle, harassment and the remaining phone possession charge, and sentenced to a total of five years in prison.
Det Con Lewis said: "This is a highly unusual case which demonstrates Boente's ability to control, manipulate and harass young women.
"The woman concerned in this case and her family lived in fear for months.
"The stress caused by Boente's actions resulted in family members giving up their jobs and selling their homes, while the victim felt she had lost all control of her life.
"With this in mind, I would urge anyone who may be approached in the future by Boente, either online or over the phone, to call us immediately - do not feel sorry for him and do not wait one moment to contact us."
Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang
Convict Harassed Woman From His Prison Cell
Dengan url
http://belomtidur.blogspot.com/2015/04/convict-harassed-woman-from-his-prison.html
Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya
Convict Harassed Woman From His Prison Cell
namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link
Convict Harassed Woman From His Prison Cell
sebagai sumbernya
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar