A Massachusetts woman who threatened to torture and blow up actor Kevin Spacey has been sentenced to more than four years behind bars.
Linda Louise Culkin began terrorising the Oscar winner in 2009, when she sent a bomb threat to his Los Angeles office, leaving the American Beauty star shaken.
Prosecutors in Boston claimed she subsequently launched a "persistent and malevolent" cyberstalking campaign against the actor, warning her Twitter followers that a gunman would "put a bullet in K.S.'s brain and then commit suicide" and claimed Spacey "would be disemboweled".
Culkin pleaded guilty to charges of mailing threatening communications and sending threats and false information regarding explosives last November, and on Wednesday, the 55-year-old, who has been in jail since January, 2012, was sentenced.
She will have to spend the next 18 months behind bars after she was given credit for time served.
The judge overseeing the case also ordered Culkin to hand over US$124,000 in restitution to Spacey to cover the costs of the extra security he had hired for his protection.
During the hearing, Culkin apologised for her behaviour and blamed mental illness for her actions.
Spacey was not in court for sentencing, but issued a statement following the ruling, insisting it was "difficult to measure the degree of terror" he had felt.
He had previously written to the judge, urging the official to ensure Culkin received the mental health treatment she needed, stating, "The only way I am going to achieve a true state of safety is for the defendant to remain in custody and undertake intense psychiatric treatment."
WENN.com
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