Stalker Who Sent Severed Pig's Head To Ex-Boyfriend Gets 15 Months In Jail

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Tia McBean and Oralton Robinson dated for three months in 2018
McBean began stalking Robinson when he ended the affair and got back with Arkeyia Bish
She also attacked Robinson and Bish's restaurant in an online smear campaign
In February 2020, McBean sent a pig's head to the couple's restaurant

A 23-year-old woman, who stalked her ex-boyfriend and sent him a severed pig's head, was sentenced to 15 months in jail by a U.K. court on Thursday.

Tia McBean stalked Oralton Robinson for a prolonged period, during which she bombarded him with calls, sent him abusive text messages and turned up at his door late at night, the Woolwich Crown Court heard.

According to a report from the Evening Standard, McBean also scrawled offensive graffiti on Robinson's home and targeted Brixton, the restaurant he runs with his partner Arkeyia Bish, in an online smear campaign. McBean allegedly sent messages to their customers, falsely claiming she had seen a man carrying out a sex act in a cooking pot.

The court was also told how McBean sent the pig's head to the restaurant through the post in February 2020, leaving a vegan staff member extremely distressed.

"At about 8.50am he was working at the restaurant when a delivery was made. He thought it was from a catering company," prosecutor Matthew Dalton said during a previous hearing. "He opened it... it was a pig's head. He didn't expect this and would never order anything like this. They only served halal meat at the restaurant."

Robinson and McBean dated for three months in mid-2018, before Robinson decided to end the affair and get back with Bish. McBean then came up with a harassment campaign, wherein she hurled racial abuse at Robinson and Bish's young son. She often banged on her ex-partner's door in the middle of the night, too, which urged him to seek a restraining order against her in May 2019.

McBean pled guilty to multiple charges, including breaching a restraining order, racially aggravated criminal damage, causing alarm, harassment or distress and stalking involving serious alarm or distress.

Judge Ruth Downing extended McBean's restraining order up to May 31, reported Euro Weekly News. Downing said the criminal damage suggested that McBean's campaign was "getting out of hand."

"Matters reached a very unpleasant stage when you sent a package that when opened... revealed that there was a pig’s head inside, which was a horrible and very gratuitous act of spite," Downing said.