Sabine McNeill, 74, directed a campaign to uncover claims of devil worship in Hampstead primary school

A pensioner, described as one of Britain's worst online trolls, has been jailed for nine years after ruining lives of parents she accused of satanic child abuse.

Sabine McNeill, 74, led a campaign to uncover claims of devil worship and child abuse at a primary school in Hampstead, northwest London.

McNeill harassed four mothers, who cannot be named, by claiming they were members of a cult who cooked babies and ate them.

She made a series of baseless allegations against the innocent parents which sparked a police enquiry, Southwark Crown Court heard.

She published details of the cult online saying: ‘They would drink the blood of babies and then dance around wearing the skulls on parts of their bodies.

‘They would put them to sleep by injecting them, slit their throats, cook the babies and eat them.’

McNeill even claimed babies were cooked in a secret room in a McDonald’s restaurant on Finchley Road.

Meanwhile the pair whose lies and abuse led to two children making the false claims which inspired McNeill’s campaign of hate remain at large.

Ella Draper, 45, is believed to be in Spain having evaded arrest in February 2015 when she escaped from police via the back window of her Hampstead home.

Her former partner Abraham Christie, who along with Draper forced the eight- and nine-year-olds to peddle fabricated tales of child murder and blood-drinking to police, also remains on the run.

The pair whose lies and abuse led to two children making the false claims which inspired McNeill’s campaign of hate remain at large. Ella Draper (left), 45, is believed to be in Spain having evaded arrest in February 2015 while her former partner Abraham Christie (right) also remains on the run

McNeill was convicted by a jury of four counts of harassment and six counts of breaching a restraining order.

Judge Sally Cahill, QC, told the weeping pensioner: ‘This case has to be one of the most serious cases of stalking and breach of a restraining order that there can be.

‘The direct consequences of your actions, is that for the four families concerned you have ruined all normal family life.

Police release update on pair wanted in relation to perverting course of justice and child cruelty The pair whose lies and abuse led to two children making the false claims which inspired McNeill’s campaign of hate remain at large. Ella Draper, 45, is believed to be in Spain having evaded arrest in February 2015 - while her former partner Abraham Christie remains on the run. A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police told MailOnline today: 'A 45-year-old woman and 61-year-old man are both wanted for questioning in relation to perverting the course of justice and child cruelty. Enquiries continue.' Advertisement

‘Their children have been unable to attend school normally, and are either home schooled or have to carry tracking devices and alarms.

‘The families have escape routes planed in case of attack, mothers have slept on the floors of their children’s bedrooms to protect them.

‘They have had to move home; they have had businesses ruined as a result of being unable to have an online profile.

‘As if that is not bad enough, for the children they will never, as things stand at the moment, be able to go online and put in their own names without seeing the vile filth that you have peddled over a period of years.

‘The allegations were of murder, cannibalism, satanism and sexual abuse. They could not be more serious or vile.

‘The children’s lives have been blighted forever. In my judgement you are an arrogant, malicious, evil and manipulative woman.’

One of her victims told how her life had been affected by the claims in a statement read out in court.

The family have been forced to change their child’s name and carry out what police call ‘special measures,’ changing their route to school and practicing panic drills.

The mother said McNeill’s campaign of abuse has affected every part of her life.

She said she is unable to concentrate at work and her marriage has come under strain.

‘I now feel like I’m failing on every level, as a mother, wife and worker,’ she said.

‘To this day my daughter is fearful and worries that our family will be attacked in our home - my husband keeps a crowbar under our bed.

‘She struggles to understand why adults post material of a sexual nature about her online for the world to see.

‘My daughter has had to assume an alternative name in certain aspects of her life, which is something that no child should have to do. We may have to consider fully changing our daughter’s name by deed poll.

‘She may have to live with the stigma of being branded a satanic sexual abuse victim for the rest of her life.

She was jailed for nine years at Southwark Crown Court (pictured). Judge Sally Cahill said it was one of most serious cases of stalking and harassment she'd seen

‘I can’t tell you how it breaks my heart,’ told the, at times, visably upset mother.

‘Our family was placed under special measures by the police.’

Miranda Moore, prosecuting, said McNeill repeatedly harassed her victims from 2014 until earlier this year.

She said: ‘This relates to four totally innocent women who have had their lives turned completely upside down by this defendant.’

McNeill published ‘scandalous satanic child abuse accusations’ and encouraged people ‘to take direct action against the children of these women.’

According to McNeill they would ‘drink the blood of babies and then dance around wearing the skulls on parts of their bodies.

‘They would put them to sleep by injecting them, slit their throats, cook the babies and eat them.’

‘The ritual is performed on an upstairs room in McDonald’s on Mondays and Fridays.

‘Sacrifice, blood drinking and babies’ flesh eating occurs on Saturdays. The children are frequently injected and put to sleep, apparently the school nurse is the one who does the injections.’

McNeill claimed up to 18 teachers from the primary school were also involved in abusing children.

She said members of the cult - from all walks of society - carried out satanic rituals in secret rooms at a Hampstead church.

Referring to McNeill’s claims, the prosecutor said: ‘There is someone who works in Costa Coffee, a solicitor, someone who works in Waitrose, people who work in Hampstead police station, then we have got people from the Royal Free Hospital, social services and finishing up with people from the Brownies.’

Ms Moore told the court: ‘In September 2014 the Metropolitan Police received reports of wide spread child abuse. Satanic child rape and murder in churches in Hampstead in north London.

‘These allegations surround two small children, commonly referred to as P and Q.’

She said police initially took the complaints seriously and interviewed the children.

The matter eventually reached the High Court and Mrs Justice Pauffley ruled that the accusations relating to the cult were ‘baseless.’

But recordings of the children’s police interviews surfaced online and McNeill began her campaign to uncover the alleged cult, said Ms Moore.

‘All of this is completely fake and as a result of Ms McNeill’s activities, these woman have had to change their lives drastically - they have had to take their children out of school, they have had to protect their children.’

Jurors heard one parent was forced to install a panic alarm and another was approached by a paedophile online looking to sleep with her child, ‘making her physically sick.’

Describing how McNeill directed the campaign, Ms Moore added: ‘She said online that members of the public should paint dolls of the Barbie variety with red nail polish and send them to business owners in the Hampstead area.’

McNeill was involved in a protest at the church in March 2015 and subsequently arrested.

McNeill even claimed babies were cooked in a secret room in the McDonald’s restaurant on Finchley Road (pictured)

She was later cleared of plotting to intimidate a vicar and his parishioners after a trial at Blackfriars Crown Court, but handed a retraining order to stop her harassing the parents involved.

‘Having been told not to publish these false allegations, particularly about the school and the church, and having been before the courts on a few occasions she changes method,’ said Ms Moore.

‘She goes to what I will call the analogue method - She attends the General Synod who were having a meeting to deal with the Church of England’s approach to child abuse.

‘She attends the meeting and gives out leaflets. Ms McNeill was again arrested for doing that.

‘She is an online troll of the worst kind, making the lives of innocent families a misery.’

McNeill, of Goldhurst Terrace, Camden, was convicted of four counts of harassment and six counts of breaching a restraining order.

She was cleared of 11 further charges of breaching a restraining order.

McNeill was jailed for a total of nine years.