Loren Kirby Smith in court for harassment, distributing intimate photos

A spurned lover created fake social media accounts and used a service to send anonymous messages to her former lover and his wife after he abruptly ended their three-year extramarital affair.

A spurned lover created fake social media accounts and used a service to send anonymous messages to her former lover and his wife after he abruptly ended their three-year extramarital affair, a court heard.

A spurned lover created fake social media accounts and used a service to send anonymous messages to her former lover and his wife after he abruptly ended their three-year extramarital affair, a court heard.

Loren Kirby Smith, 36, sent messages, including threats and images, to her former lover and his wife during a two-week period after he abruptly ended their affair in September, Rockhampton Magistrates Court heard on November 13.

Police prosecutor Claudia Neil-Ballantine said Smith and the victim had an extramarital affair for three years which came to an abrupt end in September.

She said Smith used many apps to contact the victim and his wife and harass them between September 26 and October 5.

Ms Neill-Ballantine said the defendant used multiple email accounts to send 10 emails to the male victim, asking him to contact her as well as telling him she has his wife’s phone number and saying, “I’m ready to call her and talk and tell her the truth about everything unless you get back to me and explain”.

She said Smith also used a service to send anonymous text messages to the male victim such as “tell your wife the true about the affair before I do” and “you’re so low for doing what you did to her.

“You can’t be f*** to even check in on her. Biggest dog act. You’ll get what’s coming for you” and “Unless you want your wife and family finding out the truth about the affair and you’re life made harder than it already is, I would be reaching out to this person before it’s too late”.

The court heard Smith also threatened to send images of the male victim’s genitalia to his wife if he did not contact her.

She created a fake Instagram account which she used to send the wife screenshots of personal conversations about the affair followed by two images of his genitalia.

She also created a fake Facebook profile and used it to message the male victim, urging him to contact her.

Ms Neil-Ballantine said the male victim replied “do not contact me. I’ve made my decision. It’s over.”

She said Smith then sent six more messages.

Ms Neil-Ballantine said the male victim told police the amount and the context of the messages were “extremely harassing” and caused him distress as he had just revealed the affair to his wife and was wanting to move on and work on his marriage.

She said when police spoke with Smith, she told them she had continued to contact the male victim as she was seeking closure and wanted to speak to him again after an abrupt end to the relationship.

Defence lawyer Stephanie Smith said her client instructed she and the male victim entered the affair when they felt they were in “loveless relationships” with both vowing to leave their respected partners for each other.

She said the defendant claimed the victim had told her the day before the relationship ended abruptly that he was ready to leave his wife and when it ended the next day, she was confused.

The court heard the defendant had no criminal history.

She pleaded guilty to one count of using a carriage service to menace, harass or offend someone and one of distributed an intimate image of another person without permission.

She was placed on a two-year good behaviour bond with a $1000 recognisance, plus ordered to pay a $1000 fine.

No convictions were recorded.