A man sent his ex-partner song lyrics and photos of him self-harming in breach of a judge's order, a court has heard.
Dunedin labourer Luke Raymond Witchall (21) had a protection order granted against him in November last year, barring him from contacting the victim.
But within days he had breached it.
Witchall was at a ''social gathering'' in Dunedin on November 23 and had consumed three stubbies before the calls to his ex began.
Over 20 minutes, he tried to call her 11 times. All the calls went unanswered.
''On three of the calls voicemail messages were left and the victim could hear the defendant talking with females about missing his daughter,'' a police summary said.
Less then a fortnight later, Witchall sent his ex-partner a message on Facebook referring to the song Ill Mind of Hopsin 9 by the rapper Hopsin.
''The victim knew the lyrics of the Hopsin song which makes explicit references to the sexual relationship between a mother and a father and how the mother messed it up and their lives could have been so good,'' court documents said. Witchall followed it up with the message: ''sorry, wrong person''.
On June 21, the defendant used the medium of music again to press her.
He sent a Snapchat message to the woman containing lyrics and the words ''nothing lasts forever''.
The victim told Witchall not to contact her again.
The next day he sent a photo showing cuts on his arm.
Judge John Macdonald said that final image was ''particularly upsetting'' for the victim.
However, it did not change her view of the defendant.
Prosecutor Sergeant Chris George told the Dunedin District Court yesterday he had spoken to the woman and she never wanted to see Witchall again. She was now living in the North Island.
''She just wants to get on with life in peace and this defendant needs to get that through his head,'' Sgt George said.
Defence counsel Sophia Thorburn said her client had not threatened the victim, had no intention to harm her and the offending was at the lower end of the spectrum.
Witchall was sentenced to 12 months' intensive supervision and four months' community detention. A previous sentence of community work was cancelled.
''You can ill afford to breach that protection order again. If you do, you're likely to receive something quite different,'' Judge Macdonald said.
