A CHAPELFORD mum launched a hate campaign against a former MP candidate, leaving her feeling fearful in her own home.

Marta Paszkowska made threats against a fellow Tory Cllr Wendy Maisey and subjected her to vile abuse.

Paszkowska, of Chicago Place, Chapelford, appeared before Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday after pleading guilty to breaching an anti-stalking protection order.

Prosecuting, Gareth Roberts told the court that the pair became friends through the Warrington Conservative Party but Paszkowska became ‘aggrieved’ with Ms Maisey, who is a councillor for Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft, and started to accuse her of various things on social media– including antisemitism.

Over a number of months, Paszkowska, who is a former Parish Cllr for Burtonwood and Westbrook, repeatedly verbally abused her online and made threats such as ‘I’m not finished with you yet’.

The court was told by Mr Roberts how police warned the defendant about her behaviour but she didn’t stop.

So in November last year, Ms Maisey sought and obtained an anti-stalking order which prevented Paszkowska from making reference to her and her children on social media, contacting her and using a pseudonym when posting online.

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Mr Roberts explained: “Ms Paszkowska has confirmed that she received the order and that she understood it and the implications of it -but that she didn’t believe that it was fair and continued to assert that all she was doing was pointing out Miss Maisey’s limitations.”

On the same day the order was made, Paszkowska breached it and continued to do so on four further occasions by posting social media posts about Ms Maisey.

On November 23, 2021, Paszkowska was arrested and interviewed where she told officers that she was too stressed to read the order so put it in a drawer and didn’t read it.

Liverpool Crown Court heard how Paszkowska has no previous convictions.

In a victim personal impact statement read out to the court, Ms Maisey revealed how she was left feeling fearful and anxious in her own home and that she wanted to hide away as a result of Paszkowska’s behaviour – which she said has affected her ‘whole life’.

“She seems to show no boundaries in how she is willing to pursue me,” the statement said.

“I just don’t know what I have done wrong, I just want it to stop.”

Paszkowska, who was unrepresented and defending herself, said: “I do apologise and feel sorry for Wendy Maisey. All of this has been caused by the personal trauma I went through for nine years.

“This was all about Cheshire Police, it was not about Wendy Maisey.

“I found it was the only way I could draw attention and be heard by Cheshire Police.

“It was about showing my desperation and frustration.”

Concluding, Judge Brian Cummings KC said: "I am prepared to accept there are some indications of remorse, albeit I am afraid it is perhaps accompanied by a lack of insight into the real impact of this offence on the victim.

“Once you had been charged there was not any further problems or breaches in the nearly 12 months since.

“In my judgement, the appropriate sentence is a community order.”

Paszkowska was handed an 18-month community order and must complete up to 20 rehabilitation activity requirement days.

She was also issued a two-year restraining order against Ms Maisey.