Isle of Wight man used Snapchat to make knife threats to ex

Edward Mathias Lale, of Marlborough Close, Ryde, admitted two charges of causing criminal damage and one of sending malicious communications, at a previous hearing.

Lale also admitted failing to surrender to custody, failing to appear before Island magistrates on April 21.

In September last year, Lale entered his ex-girlfriend's home and trashed her kitchen while she was on a night out with friends.

While out, she received a video from Lale, inside her kitchen, with clear damage caused and a warning not to return home, said Tom Corke, prosecuting, at the Isle of Wight Magistrates' Court.

Lale destroyed her fridge, cupboards, washing machine, cooker hood and walls.

"This was a revenge attack — inflicted due to the breakdown of their relationship," said Mr Corke.

After she told Lale, 30, their relationship was over, he went to her mother's home during the early hours of October 26 and hurled a brick at her window, breaking the frame, in retribution for his relationship with her daughter ending, Mr Corke added.

On October 25, Lale sent his ex-girlfriend threatening Snapchat messages, which she said made her fear for her life.

Among them were threats to pull her teeth out, "slicing her up" and stabbing her.

Lale had also told other family members of hers "she would be in a box by the end of the week" and would kill everyone who bears her surname. 

For Lale, Oscar Vincent said the relationship ended acrimoniously, with Lale claiming she posted falsehoods about him on social media, causing the situation to escalate while in an "extremely fragile mental state", having been suspect to a murder, with no further action taken against him by police. 

"He lost his girlfriend, his home and contact with his children as a result of it," said Mr Vincent.

Magistrates jailed him for 14 weeks, with a three-year restraining order not to contact the victims, £85 costs and a £154 surcharge.