Woman signed threats card as ‘Dad’s Killer’

In July 2012, an Ashford woman admitted sending an anonymous, threatening Christmas card with letters made from newspaper cuttings card to Albert Bishop’s daughter.

Sharon-Anne Hills, 47, sent the sick note to Amanda Reynolds addressed from ‘Dad’s Killer’.

Hills, a colleague of Amanda, was arrested under the Malicious Communications Act after an investigation by police, and admitted the offence when she appeared at Canterbury Magistrates.

She was sentenced to 40 hours community service and ordered to pay £200 compensation and £85 in court costs.

Det Insp Lee Whitehead from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate said the card sent caused significant alarm and distress to Amanda and her family.