A LIVING nightmare – that’s how one woman has described her partner being wrongly labelled a paedophile and receiving death threats.

Ken Charles Parker, aged 55, ‘began shaking’ when he learned that Facebook messages were being shared of a news story about the conviction of a different man with the same name.

The Stourbridge News story dates back to 2010 but, in an awful coincidence, involves a Kenneth Parker who also lived in the same area of Brierley Hill and, at the time, was 54-years-old.

The News has been able to verify with the correct authorities that they are two different men and has amended the article to reflect that.

Kenneth Glynn Parker, born in 1955 and would now be aged around 62, was convicted of making and possessing indecent images of children.

Partner Tammy Sharman, age 38 and from Tipton, described the horrifying moment the couple received a phone call from Ken’s daughter who’d been told about the screenshot.

“It made Ken ill, it knocked him for six and he just kept saying “That ain’t good”

“People know him as he’s always lived in Brierley Hill area, by the weekend it was the talk of the town.

“There were people saying they’d like to kill him because he’s a ‘dirty nonce’ – I have a son who will be ten, we don’t want vigilante action especially as Ken hasn’t done anything.”

The couple called the police for advice and also spoke to Stourbridge News, who they thanked for taking action.

“We’re not the sort of people to live our lives on Facebook but I said we have to put the amended article on Facebook and clear our names.”

Miss Sharman’s post was shared 300 times and received supportive comments.

“Ken needed that. I would go as far as to say it broke him. It made him ill.

“We knew he wasn’t guilty but we have to go out and don’t want to be left wondering if people are talking about him.

“You couldn’t be accused of anything worse, I think paedophiles are the worst thing in the world so to be accused of being one is horrific.

“I wouldn’t wish what happened on my worst enemy.”

A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: "While we appreciate this is an emotive subject we do not encourage vigilantism of this kind and would warn those who take this approach that they could be breaking the law."