The Voice of Spalding and South Holland
A court has heard that two health professionals were left ‘extremely distressed’ and one had to move home, after a Spalding man sent abusive, threatening and racist emails to them and a Facebook entry to a judge he had been dealing with in the Family Court.
George Robert Lee, 42, of Hereward Road was appearing before magistrates in Boston following his conviction for sending threatening e mails and a menacing message on Facebook in January when the case was referred for a pre sentence report from the Probation Service.
Kate Minihane, prosecuting, said that between September 21 and 24 last year, following an appearance in the Lincoln County Court Family Division, he sent 39 e mails to two health professionals involved in the case.
She said the two people who had received them had been ‘extremely distressed’ by the messages, which included the words of ‘slicing her face’ and that she would ‘pay for this in the next life’, as well as obscene and racist language.
Ms Minihane said one of the people concerned had had to move her home as she was afraid for her safety.
She said that on October 20, he posted a Facebook notification which was threatening to a judge who had presided over a hearing involving Lee.
Mitigating, Helen Coney said there had been ongoing proceedings in the Family Court involving Lee for over a year leading up to these offences, during which time there had been a deterioration in his mental
health.
She said he wanted to vent his frustration about various allegations made about him in the Family Court.
Ms Coney said a support package had now been set up for him.
The magistrates said both charges passed the custody threshold and sentenced him to a total of 12 weeks in custody, suspended for a year and ordered him to carry out 25 rehabilitation days.
He was also ordered to pay a total of £213 in court costs and charges.
