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SOMBA K'E/YELLOWKNIFE - A woman was found guilty of criminal harassment on Monday in relation to a number of disturbing messages that were left on a man's cell phone.

The woman was on a court condition not to have any contact with the man, a Yellowknife resident and business owner, when he received a number of threatening messages.

Territorial criminal court heard 14 messages recorded on the man's phone between March 20 and May 9. The Crown played the recordings which stated, among other expletive-laced comments: "In the end I'll be the one that's laughing and you'll be the one that's suffering."

The recordings were submitted to the RCMP on May 9.

In one message, the woman blamed the man for causing her to be fired from her job. The man testified he knew the woman through work when she was an insurance adjuster and he was working on buildings as a contractor. He said at one point the two had a disagreement over a job and he refused to continue working with her.

During testimony the man became very agitated and at points and had to be told by Judge J.J. Desjardins to "simmer down" and "stay calm."

The man said he knew the calls came from the woman because he knows her voice and had messages displayed as coming from the woman's current employer.

Desjardins concluded that the woman was guilty of making the phone calls which "are harassing in nature."

She was found guilty of harassment as well as breaching her court conditions not to contact the man. Her sentencing is scheduled for Wednesday morning.