October 21st 2024.
Eleanor Brown, a 24-year-old woman, has been sentenced to three years in prison for her actions towards her father's former lover. According to the court, Brown had a deep-seated grudge towards the woman ever since she was a child, when her father cheated on her mother with her. The affair partner, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was a police officer who worked alongside Brown's father. Despite ending the affair and staying with their respective spouses, Brown's resentment towards the woman continued to grow.
In 2022, Brown noticed that the woman's husband had started a business and took to the comments on its Facebook page to publicly shame her. She called the woman a "home wrecking slag" and a "tramp." But her actions did not stop there. Brown then received sexual images of the woman from her own mother, Sarah. Fuelled by her anger, she created a fake profile on an escorting and sex services website, using intimate photographs of the woman. The profile was titled "Ex-police with all my uniform which I like to wear for my clients" and used the phrase "kinky copper."
To carry out her plan, Brown conspired with her sister Sophie and her mother Sarah, both of whom are ex-police officers. During the sentencing, Brown's father Geoff arrived at Leeds Crown Court with his wife Sarah and their other daughter Sophie. However, Brown's defense lawyer, Harry Crowson, argued that she had been "egged on" by her family and had been severely traumatized as a teenager when she was shown explicit images of the woman. Crowson also mentioned that the reasons behind her trauma were never properly explained.
Over the years, Brown's victim, whom she had never met, had become like a "caricature" to her. According to Crowson, Brown had become a warrior in a war that she should not be fighting. He urged her to stop fighting a battle that was not hers. However, Judge Alex Menary, who presided over the case, pointed out that Brown's actions had severe consequences. The fake profile that she created had the woman's husband's mobile number, which led to him receiving texts and calls from strangers.
In a statement read out in court, the victim described her feeling as "violated" and said that she was "sickened" by the fact that her nude pictures were posted on a public website for the sexual gratification of strangers. She also expressed her fear of what Brown is capable of and found it difficult to believe that a woman could do such a thing to another woman.
Brown, who had initially pleaded not guilty, changed her pleas to guilty halfway through the trial. However, because her victim and her husband had already given evidence, Judge Menary described this as an "ultimate act of brinksmanship" and a "very serious aggravating feature" in the case. As a result, Brown received no credit for her guilty pleas and was sentenced to three years in prison.
According to Judge Menary, one of the most "egregious and vindictive" aspects of the case was Brown's contact with the victim's daughter, who had not been told about the affair. He described Brown's actions as "shameful" and recounted how she had told the daughter, "I will make sure your mum is never allowed to forget what she did to my family" and that "wherever she goes her photos will remain and follow her."
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