Townsville Bulletin

Filthy texts turn court blue Man fined for obscene rants against his cheating partner

- MIKAYLA MAYOH

A WOMAN who cheated on her partner while she was pregnant with his baby became the victim of a torrent of vile and abusive text messages and threats from him.

The woman’s partner, a 47-yearold carpenter-turned-mechanic, sent a string of obscene and threatenin­g messages to her over two days last October in which he called her a “f--king dumb f--king slut” after discoverin­g that she had cheated on him while she was pregnant with his child, a court has been told.

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to two counts of contraveni­ng a domestic violence order when he appeared before Ayr Magistrate­s Court this week.

Police prosecutor Acting Sergeant Tim Madsen read out the explicit text messages in court. They were all sent on October 22 and 23 last year.

“You don’t think you can keep your legs crossed for more than 24 hours without f--king some c--t,” he read out. “Prove to me that you are for real … f--king show up wearing that c--t’s f--king singlet … two choices, get f--ked or pull your head in.

“I’ll be coming for my property make sure it’s all ready or get the f--king police ready you f--ing dog c--ts, f--ing c--ts get some good f-king backup … you will need it f--king scum c--ts.”

Acting Sgt Madsen said the man had also left a voicemail on the woman’s phone, before threatenin­g violence against her person in a phone call.

“When I am finished with her I will start with you,” the man said during the phone call.

Acting Sgt Madsen said the threats were of a very serious nature.

“… found out the aggrieved had cheated on him while pregnant with his child, he admitted to sending the text messages and making the abusive phone call,” Acting Sgt Madsen said.

The court heard the father was in and another the midst of a breakdown when the offending occurred, but that things had settled down between him and the mother of the child.

Magistrate Scott Luxton said the behaviour was concerning.

“The language used towards the aggrieved, and there is a threat also attached to that as well … so you would understand it could not be classified at the lower end of offending behaviour concerning,” he said.

The man was fined $1000.

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