Man accused of wanting to ‘destroy’ ex-wife found guilty in online harassment
VANCOUVER — A man accused of trying to emotionally ruin the life of his ex-wife using online posts showed little emotion as a B.C. Supreme Court jury declared him guilty of criminal harassment on Wednesday.
The court heard Patrick Fox’s tactics included threatening emails, blog postings and a website aimed at Desiree Capuano.
Crown attorney Mark Myhre told the trial Fox’s hatred for Capuano was so intense he used their teenage son as a pawn, reading to the jury a number of emails sent in which Fox declared that his goal was to “destroy” Capuano’s life.
Myhre outlined 10 ways in which Fox’s actions constituted criminal harassment of Capuano, saying Fox falsely maligned her as a white supremacist, a child abuser and a drug user in the blog that was purportedly written by Capuano.