By Deborah McAleese
Revealed 09/04/2016
A former X Issue contestant has appeared in courtroom accused of calling a good friend “the creepiest individual on this planet” on Fb.
Mannequin and singer Jolene Burns was this week charged in reference to a smear marketing campaign towards a former pal.
The Belfast lady, who made it by way of to the bootcamp stage of the expertise present in 2011 with eventual winners Little Combine, is alleged to have posted a photograph of the person and branded him a “creep”, a “pervert” and a “stalker”.
One of many messages she is alleged to have posted learn: “Warning! This man is the creepiest individual on this planet. Remember individuals as he has been stalking me, taking footage of my youngster and posting threw (sic) my letter field … perverted or what.”
Within the publish the person was accused of following Ms Burns house “on a regular basis” and watching “the whole lot me and my baby do”. It additionally accused him of standing outdoors her home “wanting threw (sic) my home windows at midnight”.
The submit continued: “Nothing greater than a perverted creep. If anybody is aware of or sees this man keep away. He’s nothing however a perverted b******”.
It additionally claimed that Ms Burns had been pressured to vary residence and jobs due to the person.
“Now he’s stalking the life out of me and my little daughter,” it concluded.
Ms Burns appeared earlier than Belfast Magistrates Courtroom this week on two fees of improper use of a public communications community.
The 28-yr-previous struck up a friendship with the person final July after assembly in a Belfast cafe the place she was working.
It’s understood the pair fell out a number of months later. The person reported her to police when he turned conscious of the messages posted on-line. Ms Burns wowed X Issue judges within the auditions for the present in 2011 and was voted by means of to the bootcamp stage. She was one of many Northern Eire hopefuls that yr, together with Omagh’s Janet Devlin.
Whereas Janet made it via to the reside exhibits, Ms Burns failed to finish bootcamp.
Little Combine went on to win the expertise present.
Final yr Ms Burns appeared on the Irish model of The Voice and was coached by musician Niall Breslin, referred to as Bressie.
She was eradicated within the battles stage of the competition.
Since then, she has been acting at a lot of Belfast nightspots. The case towards her has been adjourned till later this month.