The victims of a "sick" two year letter campaign bombarded with condolence cards and pregnancy tests have offered a reward to find the writer.

In April 2016 Matt and Gemma Hopkinson received a handwritten, anonymous letter making salacious allegations about their marriage.

After moving to another Loughton home a month later, another letter arrived.

And then another.

In the two and a half years since they have received more than 30 letters which attack the couple's family, make observations about their wealth and suggest Mr Hopkins has a child with another woman.

He said: "The first ones were 100 per cent from social media.

"We go to have tea at the Ritz with the kids every year at Christmas. My son went skiing with school. They wrote about that things like that.

"There were also a lot about me having other kids and cheating on my wife."

One letter suggested the couple had not needed to dress up for Halloween because they were "scary enough" already, before adding: "Looks like your cheating hubby has been at it again!

"His tart might do well to take a test. Shameful."

Included in the envelope was an unopened pregnancy test.

 

A different time a card expressed "deepest sympathy" about the "death of their marriage."

Although much of the letters' content is taking from social media and was recycled when Mr and Mrs Hopkinson deleted their accounts, some suggests the mystery writer has been watching them.

Mr Hopkinson said: "I would pick my kids up from school and they would mention that.

"They also knew about the car's licence plate and the wallpaper we have in our living room.

"For the past two and a half years every person we have come in contact with has been a suspect.

"Even family and friends. You have less trust for everybody."

 

Mr Hopkinson believes if he and his wife had less of a trusting relationship, the letters could have led them to divorce.

Since offering a £500 reward for information leading to the letter writer, the pair followed one tip and asked a Loughton woman to complete a handwriting test.

She complied, and was judged innocent.

"You are constantly thinking about it," Mrs Hopkinson said.

"But I can't think who it would be. I have had no arguments with people.

"We thought it could be a kid, it is so childish.

"I have no idea who would be sick enough to do this."

Do you know who is writing the letters?

To help the couple and potentially earn £500, email milo.boyd@london.newsquest.co.uk

Essex Police was contacted for comment.