Man fined over Facebook insult to ex-girlfriend

131PM GMT twelve March 2010

Darren Mattox, 29, certified posting a summary that was grossly descent or of an indecent, pornographic or ominous impression when he appeared at Wrexham Magistrates Court.

He used the word in a posting to ex-girlfriend Ashleigh Speed.

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He longed for to see his baby son, innate last Oct after their three-month attribute finished in April.

Magistrates were handed printouts of messages sent by Mattox to Ms Speed, her father and her sister, but they were not review to the court.

The Crown Prosecution Service orator pronounced "There have probably been usually a handful of cases ensuing from descent element possibly on Facebook or YouTube."

A mouthpiece for the Magistrates Association pronounced "Its positively not a usual offence. I havent come opposite it in the twenty years I"ve been sitting as a magistrate, but I suppose it might turn some-more common."

Mattox, unemployed, of Acton, Wrexham, certified the offence. He was fined �65, and �85 costs and a �15 plant surcharge.

Justin Espie, prosecuting, pronounced he had longed for hit with the baby and on Nov twenty-nine was released with a nuisance sequence since he was all the time texting Miss Speed.

He pronounced "Around Feb twelve this year the victims sister pronounced that the suspect had done hit with her on Facebook and the plant additionally perceived a message. The summary was short but obviously of a badgering nature. He claims he usually wants to see his baby."

Rod Williams, defending, pronounced "Mattox went to see his son at sanatorium that is the one and usually time he has seen his son.

"He became increasingly indignant and undone and the since of this that he has posted these messages."

After the box Mr Williams pronounced "There was a total credentials of animosity. The criticism positively wasnt quite violent or offensive. He fundamentally done a posting job her an descent name."