ANOTHER Warrington resident has been sentenced linked to this summer’s ‘civil disorder’.
Trevor Jones, of Bewsey, made a number of false calls to the police and proceeded to make ‘serious and racist threats’.
The 66-year-old appeared before Warrington Magistrates’ Court recently to face a charge of sending by public communication network an offensive, indecent, obscene or menacing message.
He pleaded guilty to this, with the court proceeding to sentence him.
The court heard from prosecutor James Gore how the offence occurred between August 31 and September 1, when he made 10 hoax calls to Cheshire Police.
During the calls, he was abusive to the call takers and made reference to the Southport attacks.
He admitted through his guilty plea that the communications he made were ‘grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character’.
Before sentencing, district judge John McGarva highlighted how the offence was so serious that only a custodial sentence could be justified.
It was said that he contacted the police on both 101 and 999 in false pretences, hindering call handlers’ ability to deal with genuine emergencies.
The court heard that he made ‘serious, racist threats’, with the offence further aggravated by the ‘state of disorder in the country’.
It was accepted that the statements were only made to the police, but the judge concluded that his offending required a deterrent sentence, and that only immediate custody would suffice.
Jones, of Plumtre Avenue in Bewsey, was sentenced to eight weeks immediate imprisonment and ordered to pay a statutory surcharge of £154.
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