A TEENAGER ended up in court after she sent her ex girl friend abusive messages through a mobile phone app. 

Rachel Ingram, of Hervey Road, Girvan, admitted posting threatening and abusive snaps on the Snapchat app to her ex in April this year.
She also owned up to swearing and making offensive remarks while she wrote the text at The Market Inn in Ayr. 

Ingram appeared before Sheriff Desmond Leslie, at Ayr Sheriff Court last week. 

The court heard how Ms Ingram had already been ordered not to contact her ex, following a conviction for domestic violence, when the incident took place and had been released on bail.

The 19-year-old had sent the snap chats to her friend who showed the complainer. 

Messages sent via the social media device said that the complainer should ‘go away and die’, called her a f***ing idiot, a baby murderer and a stupid virgin’.

The message also told her to ‘go away and kill yourself and make the world a lighter place’.

Depute Fiscal, Kevin Jarvis, said: “The complainer was in the company of two other people. They received messages on snap chat of a derogatory nature.

“The friends believed the messages were intended for the complainer. Ingram was in the pub. The complainer’s friends took screenshots and sent them to her.

“Police were called and attended the home address of the complainer and took a statement from her. They then attended Ingram’s home and arrested her.”

Speaking on her behalf, defence solicitor, Mandy Stewart, said: “Ms Ingram had been in a relationship with the complainer but it was a bad break up. 

“She got messages from her friends which included pictures of them with her ex girlfriend. She thought her ex was trying to get at her. It did not help that my client had been drinking alcohol.

“She regrets sending the messages she did and has no desire to make contact with her ex partner.”

Addressing the dock, Sheriff Leslie, said: “Having no contact means having no contact. It is not voluntary. If you breach an order you are placed on you are punished with a jail sentence. That is how serious it is.

“I understand snap chat and I know how it works. You may have not thought you were breaching the order but you have. These messages are vulgar for someone as young as you and you have already been convicted for domestic violence.

“It has been suggested to me that I place you on a structured deferred sentence with counselling and I will do that. You will also complete project work and your supervisor will report back to me. 

“You should have absolutely no misunderstanding of how serious a position you are in. These messages are disgusting. I am alarmed at some of the terms used. I have read the report carefully and it seems that you are quite devious.”

Sentence has been deferred for three months.