A 'dangerous' stalker has been jailed for harassing his ex-girlfriend.
Christopher Fisher was previously given a 16-month sentence for stalking his 26-year-old ex back in 2020. When released from prison, in February 2021, he broke his restraining order and began abusing the victim once again.
The 30-year-old, of no fixed address, set up numerous Instagram accounts to send threatening and abusive messages to the woman. In some of the messages the he told her "I wish you were dead" and "I hope it bears too much for you and you decide to end things."
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Fisher pleaded guilty to stalking causing serious harm and breaching a restraining order after 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 then began sending the victim direct messages from 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. Sentencing Fisher, 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."
