It's a bizarre case of self-inflicted cyber bullying.
A British woman was convicted for writing abusive comments about herself on Facebook in an attempt to frame her father and stepmother, the U.K.'s Western Daily Press reported Wednesday.
It is the first time a person in Great Britain has been jailed for writing infuriating online comments- or "trolling"- about themselves.
Michelle Chapman, 24, began writing the vulgar Facebook comments after she got into an argument with her dad and new stepmom, the Western Daily Press reported.
"She said she wanted revenge on her father for matters in the past," prosecutor Philip Lee said at Chapman's trial, the Western Daily Press reported. "She just wanted to make their life hell."
Roy Jackson, Chapman's father, decided to reach out to his daughter after he got married to Louise Steen in 2010. Chapman, who had not seen her father for 21 years, ended up having a fight with her father when she visited their home in England.
"Unfortunately, there was an altercation when this defendant became upset," Lee said, the Western Daily Press reported.
Chapman sent herself tons of sexually abusive comments by creating fake Facebook pages for her father, stepmother and other family members.
The woman then reported the fake abuse, which she carried out for more than a year, to the police. Chapman claimed her family had trolled her, making eight statements to the police between February and October 2011, the Western Daily Press reported.
Chapman's stepmother was then arrested. Police also issued warnings against her father. But forensic Internet experts later determined the Facebook accounts were set up at Chapman's home in Cornwall.
Chapman, who at first maintained her innocence, appeared at Truro Crown Court in Cornwall and was sentenced to 20 months in jail.
"People have suffered a great deal of distress as a result of your wicked behavior," Judge Christopher Harvey Clark told Chapman, the Western Daily Press reported.
Chapman was also banned from having a computer or communicating with her family.
According to Chapman's defense attorney, Martin Pearce, the defendant suffers from mental health issues.
"She says she wishes she had not done it and she says she understands the impact on the victims," Pearce said, the Western Daily Press reported.
