A PONTARDDULAIS man has been told to “grow up” by a judge after egging and throwing paint over his ex-partner’s car and messaging her friend that he would “slit her throat”.

Prosecutor Ian Wright told the court that Farmer met the complainant in March 2022, and they soon got in to a relationship. That relationship was a toxic one, Mr Wright said.

Following an argument in February, the complainant woke up to find her car had been egged. When she checked the CCTV, it showed the defendant had egged her car.

The pair broke up on February 24 and she cut off contact.

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Mr Wright told the court that Farmer began to post about the complainant online. When her friend attempted to get him to stop, he made derogatory comments and threats against her, including threatening to “slit her throat”.

The complainant was with friends on April 3 when Farmer showed up unannounced making demands.

When the complainant went outside, she noticed her car was covered in a pink substance. At first she believed it was milkshake, but then realised it was pink paint.

The complainant and her mum went to Farmer’s workplace and demanded he opened his car boot, which he eventually did, revealing a pink paint stains inside.

When Farmer was arrested, officers found his coat had pink paint on the sleeve and collar.

He initially denied all the charges, except throwing the paint over the complainant’s car, and was released under investigation.

While on bail and while barred from contacting the complainant, Farmer sent her a string of messages on May 10, 11, 12 and 13 attempting to persuade her to withdraw the allegations against him.

Farmer, 19, of Squirrel Walk in Fforest, Pontarddulais, later admitted the remaining charges.

“These offences quite clearly show a high degree of immaturity,” said Matthew Murphy, defending.

“However his period on remand since June 13 has taught him a lesson that being immature has real life consequences.”

Mr Murphy said that although Farmer’s relationship with the complainant was a toxic one, the defendant acknowledged that “he is to blame for his own actions”.

“You are 19 years old now but you have been acting like someone of 13 or 14,” Judge Paul Thomas told Farmer.

“You need to grow up.

“If a woman does not want to be in a relationship with you, that is her decision and her decision alone.”

Farmer – who has one previous conviction for two offences – was jailed for six months for attempting to pervert the course of public justice, and a further three months for sending malicious communications.

He received a one month sentence for each of the criminal damage charges, both running concurrently to his total nine-month sentence.