Former Albury mayor Amanda Duncan-Strelec has again been found guilty of contempt of court following her long running dispute with Gold Coast mayor Tom Tate.
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The NSW Supreme Court has found Duncan-Strelec took reprisals against Mr Tate, for a second time, by publishing a website and Go Fund Me campaign against him.
It followed failed legal action against Mr Tate in 2010, with a court finding she took reprisal against him through the two websites.
She had denied being behind an earlier website with identical content.
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A judge rejected those claims in 2015.
The new website was published about November 2016 and was promoted by a Go Fund Me page two months later.
The former Albury mayor has now been found guilty of four charges of contempt of court relating to the newer pages, one of which labelled Mr Tate a "reprobate".
She wrote that Mr Tate had "deliberately and with pre-meditation, cheated my family out of our property and ultimately our livelihood".
A Facebook page in Duncan-Strelec's name wrote that "he needs to be exposed for many of the lies he has told".
She labelled him "a liar and a con man".
Issues between Duncan-Strelec and the Gold Coast mayor have a long history.
The pair were once friends and business partners, and they entered into a project to develop residential land on Centaur Road in Lavington in late 2005.
The relationship soured and Duncan-Strelec, her husband David, and their company Dunlec Pty Ltd took legal action against Mr Tate, his company, and his wife.
That claim was dismissed in 2010 and they were forced to pay costs.
The court found Duncan-Strelec had scandalised the court and exacted reprisal against a witness.
It was accepted the website was aimed to discredit Mr Tate, assert an injustice was perpetrated against him, and claim that Duncan-Strelec and her husband had been unfairly dealt with.
The penalty will be decided at a later date.
