An obsessed stalker who bombarded a musician with thousands of abusive messages and falsely accused him of sexually assaulting her after they slept together once has been jailed for three years.
Reanne Phillips, 32, sent Franck Kouassi, 30, a singer-songwriter from London, 4,000 messages branding him a rapist and a paedophile in an 'attempt to destroy his music career', jurors heard.
She falsely accused the musician of fathering an imaginary child on the one occasion they slept together and sent him photos of a baby scan over social media even though there is no evidence that she was ever pregnant.
Phillips, from Wembley, north west London, then went to police claiming that Mr Kouassi had sexually assaulted her.
She breached orders preventing her from messaging him, turned up at his house and set up hundreds fake Instagram accounts to contact him including ones using pictures of his mother.
Reanne Phillips (pictured), 32, who falsely accused a musician of sexually assaulting her after they slept together once has been jailed for three years
In a stream of messages Phillips said Mr Kouassi was a 'dirty stinking African' a 'cheater' and a 'fraud'.
On Friday, Judge Molyneux sentenced Phillips to three years in prison and described her behaviour as a 'campaign of harassment' that 'was intended to maximise fear and distress'.
Phillips' behaviour caused Mr Kouassi 'serious distress' and he had 'suicidal thoughts' and was prescribed anti-depressants by his GP, the court heard.
Mr Kouassi had to make adjustments to his lifestyle to avoid harassment, changing the time he travelled to and from work and being accompanied by a neighbour.
The harassment of up to 50 messages per day continued for a period of seven months between December 2019 and July 2020.
Phillips had denied stalking but was convicted by an Old Bailey jury after a retrial. The previous jury failed to reach a verdict.
Jurors head that Mr Kouassi met Phillips in the street when he was on his way to a radio interview.
They exchanged contact details on Snapchat and
