A BITTER writer led a vile smear campaign against her cousins after falsely believing they mocked her acne as a teen.
Jessica Wheatley bombarded Kaylie Hull and Jemma Steele with threatening messages after convincing herself they called her “crater face”.
Jessica Wheatley launched a hate campaign against her cousinsCavendish
The 27-year-old branded the pair, who are sisters, “sly b****es” and claimed she had “psychic” powers that proved they had insulted her.
Wheatley accused mum-of-two Kaylie of being a sex worker, telling her: “Repeat after me, I command all the demons to leave my body.
“God knows the things you have said about me.”
She also told Jemma: “Keep me out of your mouths. You do not know me.
“I know what you tell people about me or what you have heard. I am not stupid. Stop talking about me. Stay out of my life.”
Wheatley has now been convicted at Warrington Magistrates’ Court of harassing the sisters in a seven-month campaign.
The writer, who has had two books published, was slapped with a restraining order that bans contact with the victims for five years.
JPs heard Wheatley was babysat as a child by Jemma but later believed she and Kaylie had mocked her about her weight and acne.
Both sisters insisted they had no knowledge of Wheatley’s childhood grievances.
Despite this, the bitter writer harangued the pair – branding them “s**t stirrers” and “evil b****es” in vile messages.
She wrote in one text: “Do not send toxic energy my way. Make no mistake, if you have crossed me, if you or her cross me you are doomed. I will be fighting back, do not worry.”
Wheatley bombarded Kaylie with 98 messages and 11 voice notes over one 24-hour period.
She told her: “You are an evil, vindictive, narcissistic and bitter and you are turning into an old hag. You said things about me that are not true. None of you know me, keep it that way.”
Wheatley also showed up at Kaylie’s home unannounced while her son was inside and started banging on the window and shouting.
Kaylie told the court: “It was awful. I had to take my son to football training and I did not know if she was going to be out there too. My mind works overtime with worry.
“I feel exhausted with anxiety. I feel that she will show up whenever I go out to the car.
“I want Jessica to know and understand that what she has done to me has made me a person I never wanted to be. This has completely broken my self-confidence.”
She said she tried to discuss the problem with her cousin bit Wheatley would just “blow up like a bottle of pop”.
The mum added: “The messages were aggressive, angry, calling me names and all sorts.
“She made me feel horrible, making out that I’m doing something but she never explained what this vendetta was she’s got against me.”
Jemma told the court how she would sometimes receive an apology from Wheatley but this would be followed up by aggressive messages.
She added: “She accused myself and Kaylie of doing something against her and saying things, but despite us asking her we never found out what it was we were supposed to have done.
“I do not know where this has come from. It is not a conversation we’d ever had. She is referring to things we have no clue about.”
Wheatley admitted in a police interview she had sent the messages but claimed it was harassment.
She claimed she was “verbally abused” by her cousins as a child and said she “easily could have turned violent” but did not.
The writer said: “She insulted me about my weight in in the past whilst anyone with acne was a “crater face” and I have had acne. That is how they have been through my entire life.”
As well as the restraining order, Wheatley was fined £300 and ordered to pay £770 in costs and a victim surcharge.
CavendishKaylie Hull was subjected to a torrent of abuse[/caption]
CavendishHer sister Jemma Steele had babysat Wheatley when she was little[/caption]
Wheatley claimed she had been bullied by her cousins
CavendishShe bombarded the pair with vile messages[/caption]
CavendishWheatley showed up at one of their homes unannounced[/caption]
She has been slapped with a restraining orderCavendish