Thursday, February 6, 2014

Abusive tweet to MP denied

6 Feb 2014 17:53

Peter Nunn denies sending an abusive tweet





A man has today denied sending Labour MP Stella Creasy an abusive message on Twitter.


Anthony Devlin/PA Wire


Peter Nunn arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court, London, he has been charged under section 127 of the Communications Act (2003) over messages sent to Stella Creasy, the Labour MP for Walthamstow. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Ms Creasy suffered abuse along with campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez after Ms Criado-Perez took part in efforts to ensure a woman featured on British bank notes.

Peter Nunn, 32, from Emersons Green, Bristol, pleaded not guilty at Westminster Magistrates' Court in central London.


He is charged with sending a message that was grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character by a public electronic network between July 28 and August 5 last year.


He has been charged under section 127 of the Communications Act (2003)


Ms Creasy, MP for Walthamstow, was targeted, along with campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez, after she took part in efforts to ensure a woman featured on British banknotes.


Nunn was conditionally bailed to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court at noon on March 20 for a preliminary hearing ahead of a trial hearing provisionally set for May 19 at the same venue.



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