A self-proclaimed ‘office cougar’ has been jailed for sexual harassment after spreading lies and rumours about her male colleagues.
Cambridge graduate Jeevani Wickramaratna, 44, targeted one victim at an electronics firm where she worked, claiming to be having an affair with him.
She emailed his wife about the fictitious relationship and even pretended he was HIV positive.
After moving to another firm, she falsely reported another colleague to bosses for harassing her.
A court heard that Wickramaratna’s first victim was co-worker Paul Stokes.
The software engineer became infatuated with him and started writing to him after he offered her some birthday cake.
Christine Hart, prosecuting, said: ‘She claimed Mr Stokes was having an affair with the office cougar [an older woman who prefers younger men], and many of the messages were sexually explicit and caused great distress to both him and his family.
‘Wickramaratna then began sending him a series of messages saying she was setting him free and said she had told his family about their affair and that he loved her.’
Further abusive Facebook messages were sent, including a false allegation that Mr Stokes had been diagnosed with HIV.
The court heard Mr Stokes had never had an affair with the defendant. He later reported her to police. In a statement to the court, Mr Stokes said she had put him and his wife ‘through hell’ and her persistent communications had caused considerable stress.
He said: ‘The hurtful stories she concocted from her deranged imagination became more and more aggressive and led me to fear for the safety of my wife and children.’
He said the threat of harassment continued and he felt he had to check his house at night.
Miss Hart said: ‘The police contacted Wickramaratna telling her not to contact Mr Stokes but she wrote back revealing explicit details of their affair that she believed had taken place and referred to herself as the cougar.’
Thanks : Daily mail
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