Lydia Abdelmalek granted bail, ordered to stay off social media after being charged with six new offences

Melbourne woman Lydia Abdelmalek, who is appealing a sentence from 2019, allegedly boasted about being “very famous” before being slugged with a new stalking charge.

The 31-year-old also allegedly breached her County Court bail conditions, relating to the earlier conviction, which forbade her from posting on social media, by writing on Facebook: “I’m not her she’s actually got conditions that she can’t have social media.”

These allegations were contained within court documents and were released by the Heidelberg Magistrates’ Court, which heard that Ms Abdelmalek was facing six new charges including stalking, breaching her bail conditions, and sending menacing messages.

Ms Abdelmalek succeeded in being released on a second round of bail,…