SIMON FLOWERDEW SENTENCE TRURO MAGISTRATES DOMESTIC ABUSE
A domestic abuser who treated a court with "utter contempt" by smirking and laughing during sentencing by Truro magistrates has been sent to prison for two weeks.
Simon Flowerdew, 60, of no fixed abode admitted breaching an earlier domestic violence protection order on June 13 this year.
The order granted in May by Truro magistrates stated that he must not molest the associated person and in particular use or threaten violence against them and must not instruct or encourage or in any way suggest that any other person should do so.
He was also banned from entering Hendra Barton unless accompanied by a police officer or solicitor, which he did within 12 days of the order being made.
Magistrates said they were committing Flowerdew to prison for 14 days because the offence was so serious and, in the view of the bench, the defendant was treating the court order with utter contempt, breached within 11 days, sought to evade detection, and smirking and laughing in the courtroom was further evidence of the contempt the defendant had for the order.
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
user who treated a court with "utter contempt" by smirking and laughing during sentencing by Truro magistrates has been sent to prison for two weeks. Simon Flowerdew, 60, of no fixed abode admitted breaching an earlier domestic violence ...
Prison sentence
two weeks
A domestic abuser who treated a court with "utter contempt" by smirking and laughing during sentencing by Truro magistrates has been sent to prison for two weeks
