A man from Herefordshire was brought before the magistrates following allegations of sending threatening messages to another individual.
David Furnell pleaded guilty to a charge of sending a message that was offensive, indecent, obscene, or menacing via a public communication network when he appeared in Hereford magistrates’ court.
The prosecution, represented by Camila Toscano, informed the court that the 55-year-old, who was defended by solicitor Chris Read, had transmitted messages of an indecent, obscene, or threatening nature in Lea, near Ross-on-Wye, from January 28 to February 9.
This act constitutes an offence under the Communications Act 2003.
The court confirmed that the messages were sent through a public electronic communication system and that Furnell, residing at Old Market Close in Ross-on-Wye, was responsible for their transmission.
Furnell was granted unconditional bail by the magistrates in Hereford, with his sentencing scheduled for September 10.
A pre-sentence report will be compiled by the probation service before the next hearing at Hereford Magistrates’ Court next month.
This is a probabilistic continent or country-group signal from public name datasets. It is not proof of nationality, ethnicity or personal background.
Likely region signal
UK
Country
from United Kingdom
- based on surname
81.0%
confidence
First-name region
UK
United States
26.5%
Surname region
UK
United Kingdom
81.0%
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Verified Conviction
Detected legal outcome
ought before the magistrates following allegations of sending threatening messages to another individual. David Furnell pleaded guilty to a charge of sending a message that was offensive, indecent, obscene, or menacing via a public commu...
