Stephen Barker, Hannah Lee and Tom Proffitt left bottled urine, sanitary towels and racially aggravating material at home of victim
Three Bangor students bombarded another with sanitary towels and urine during a “terrifying and distressing” campaign of harassment.
Stephen Barker, Hannah Lee and Tom Proffitt, also posted 'racially aggravating' material through the door of their victim, as well as a picture of a baby with a swastika on its forehead and cooked spaghetti with what horrified Maegan Carey thought was human hair mixed into it.
Slogans including “Daddy Hitler”, “White Power” and “Ethnic Cleansing” were found on the material sent to the home of Ms Carey.
Caernarfon magistrates court heard she became increasingly distressed during the course of the incidents, which took place over three weeks in November last year.
In a statement read out in court, Ms Carey said that when the “strange” occurrences began she thought it was “just a prank”, but as the weeks went on she became increasingly “terrified and distressed” by the incidents.
Ms Carey wrote that as each incident was getting progressively worse she became “scared to go out at night” and said it began to affect her university work.
Representing Barker and Lee, John Halewood-Dodd said: “I think they should be given a second chance.
“I understand that it is a very bizarre situation and it is difficult to comprehend why three intelligent young people would do something like this.
“I understand it is alarming, I was alarmed when I first read the papers but they just didn’t think it through.”
He added that none of the house occupants were of an ethic minority.
Also left at the house by the three were 20 sanitary pads and a tampon covered in red liquid and one sanitary product with the words “Maddy in the Pacific” - understood to be a reference to missing Madeline McCann - on it.
Carla Forfarm, representing Proffit, stated that the intention was to “cause a storm” on social media.
She added: “They wanted the students who were living in the house to mention the incidents on social media.
“They wanted to provoke a reaction on Facebook and when it didn’t come they carried on.”
Barker, 18, and Lee, 19 - both of St Mary’s University Village in Bangor - and Proffitt, 19, of Bryn Eithin, Lon Pobty, Bangor, were sentenced to pay Ms Carey £500 each and to 150 hours of community service.
The three students will now have to complete their community service outside of university hours within the next 12 months.
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/bangor-students-trio-terrified-victim-12519717
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