Donna Fraser met the man in June last year but the brief relationship turned sour and the 39-year-old woman turned nasty.

She also posted a picture of the 41-year-old businessman on social media and called him a charity thief, and even phoned his friends to tell them he had hanged himself.

Last week Stirling Sheriff Court heard how Fraser asked Mr Anderson to move in with her, but when he had “doubts” and declined she bombarded him with up to 50 texts a day.

Adrian Fraser, prosecuting, said after Mr Anderson told Fraser, on August 5, that he was not moving in, the texts landed day and night, until Mr Anderson changed his number.

After a lull she texted him again, accusing him of being a paedophile. Using a sim card she had stolen from him, she sent him pictures from his old mobile phone.

The depute fiscal said: “One of the messages was a photo of a female at an auction, and she threatened to send it to all his contacts saying he was a paedophile. She believed the female was 16, but she was in her late 20s.” She texted: “You say you’re not a paedophile — who is this, then, you pervert?” The court was told Fraser said she would contact auctions where Mr Anderson did business, and threatened to ruin him.

One of his friends received texts from Fraser saying he “stole charity tins from pubs”, and she phoned two of his friends posing as “Joanne from Dunfermline” telling them Mr Anderson had hanged himself. She also repeatedly made telephone calls to his neighbours.

Fraser also admitted she put a picture on Google Plus saying he was a sex predator, a charity thief, and alleging he was “screwing the social security”.

Fraser, of Merryton Avenue, pleaded guilty to engaging in a course of conduct between August 5 and September 17, last year, which caused fear and alarm.

Fraser was made subject to a two-year non-harassament order, banning her from contacting or communicating with Mr Anderson.

Sheriff William Gilchrist said: “If you break the order you’ll be committing another crime.”