A mum broke down in tears after she was cleared of smearing human excrement on a porch window at the home of her former partner and his new wife.

Julie Hughes, 40, of Appletree Close, Southend, denied harassing Roger Barnacle and wife Julie of Fleming Crescent, Leigh, between February and March this year.

Hughes had been with Mr Barnacle for 14 years and had four children together before he left.

Published Friday November 1, 2002

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