Stalker: Jason Smith, pictured at an earlier hearing, bombarded a university student with up to 30 threatening online message a day
A loner dubbed Britain"s most obsessive cyber stalker was behind bars last night after ignoring a lifetime restraining order to continue terrorising a university student.
Jason Smith, 23, bombarded Alexandra Scarlett with up to 30 threatening messages a day on her Facebook and MySpace accounts.
In a series of vicious rants, the musician vowed to slash the 20-year old student"s face, said he would rape her mother and aunt and also threatened to shoot her father.
He was given a 12-month suspended prison sentence in November and handed a lifetime restraining order banning him from contacting Miss Scarlett. A judge said he needed treatment for an "erotic mania" psychological disorder.
But within a week Smith again tracked her down on Facebook and MySpace and sent her messages bragging that he had "got away with it", Manchester Magistrates Court heard.
He was yesterday convicted of harassing Miss Scarlett and her mother Jennifer, and of breaching a restraining order. He will remain in custody until he is sentenced on March 17.
Gareth Brandon, prosecuting, said: "Jason Smith is not and never has been in a relationship with Alexandra Scarlett. They met in a bar and exchanged phone numbers and he has been harrassing the family ever since."
Miss Scarlett, 20, who is so scared of Smith she gave evidence from behind a screen, told the court: "When I reported the matter to police it was just relief and I thought it would be all over and I was not as scared anymore.
"I thought he would actually listen but he obviously doesn"t care, he is still just carrying on."
She added: "Within about a week or so of him being released and the restraining order I started getting messages again. I"d had messages for that long I knew the way he writes stuff and I knew that it was him."
Miss Scarlett, who had given Smith her phone number after meeting him at a Manchester nightclub in 2007, repeatedly shut down her online accounts and opened up new ones - but he always managed to track them down and hound her again.
She tried to block his Facebook page 40 times but he set up new ones and posted further terrifying messages, including threatening to kill her.
Among the many pseudonyms he used to contact her were Fernando Torres, the Liverpool footballer, Peter Robinson and Martin Shields.
In one message at 2.44am, giving the name Tom Smith, he told her he had appeared in court after breaching his curfew and that he had "got away" with community service.
Smith had told her that it was "real love" and that they were "meant to be together".
He then began contacting Miss Scarlett"s mother Jennifer, who told the court: "I knew it was Jason Smith because of the way he spells things and the things he says. He can"t spell at all."
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