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A man accused of trying to emotionally ruin the life of his ex-wife using online posts showed little emotion as a B.C. Supreme Court jury declared him guilty of criminal harassment on Wednesday.

The court heard Patrick Fox's tactics included threatening emails, blog postings and a website aimed at Desiree Capuano.

Crown attorney Mark Myhre told the trial Fox's hatred for Capuano was so intense he used their teenage son as a pawn, reading to the jury a number of emails sent in which Fox declared that his goal was to "destroy" Capuano's life.

Myhre outlined 10 ways in which Fox's actions constituted criminal harassment of Capuano, saying Fox falsely maligned her as a white supremacist, a child abuser and a drug user in the blog that was purportedly written by Capuano.

Capuano, who is American and lives in Arizona, was not in court to hear the verdict but said in a phone interview she and her family were relieved by the jury's decision.

"I took my first deep breath in years," she said. "I feel lighter, I feel exhausted, just a letdown of all the stress and all the burden and all the sleepless nights and all the fear."

A sentencing hearing has not been set.