A CHILDREN'S hospital nurse who lied about being pregnant during the Covid lockdown and sent fake scans to her ex-boyfriend has been handed a suspended sentence.

Alexandra Gregory, of Brookhouse Lane, Ham Green, Redditch, admitted sending mocked-up photos of her baby bump and hundreds of phone messages to her victim. 

The 25-year-old pleaded guilty at Worcester Magistrates' Court to sending the images and messages during the Covid-19 lockdown between October 2020 and February 2021 under the Malicious Communications Act 1988.

Gregory had been in a relationship with her victim for around three months and told him after it had ended that she was pregnant, and the child was his.

West Mercia Police said the victim has been left "severely permanently emotionally damaged" due to the defendant's actions.

The force said in January 2021, she claimed she had given birth to a baby girl she called Aria, who was premature and in hospital.

The victim’s mother suspected that this was not true despite Gregory sending "scans" of the baby, photos of her in the hospital and having baby clothes at the house.

Gregory also took teddy bears to her victim’s house and asked him to sleep with the bear so she could give it to Aria to know his scent.

She would often bombard her victim with messages if he ignored her and on one occasion called him more than 200 times a day, according to police.

During the Covid pandemic, she often reminded him he shouldn’t be leaving the house as it would put their baby at risk.

Gregory sent him lists of items he needed to buy for the baby and asked him to pay child maintenance too.

Claiming the baby was premature, she sent her victim voice notes asking if he wanted to sign a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) form for the baby and sent detailed medical ‘updates’ on her progress.

The victim’s mother then became more suspicious that Gregory was not telling the truth and reported it to the police.

Police officers visited Gregory’s address where she admitted that the baby did not exist. The victim and his family were then informed and following the initial police investigations, the victim cut contact with Gregory who then claimed the baby had died.

At Worcester Magistrates' Court today (November 2), Gregory was handed a 4-month suspended sentence for 18 months, a three-year restraining order against the victim and his mother, and told to pay a £500 fine.

PC Rosanna Stone, who was the investigating officer, said: “I have been speaking with the victim for almost three years now and in my opinion his life has been severely permanently emotionally damaged due to Gregory’s actions.

“She has since gone on to have a child with another partner but answered no comment in interviews.”