Man admits text threats

Shetland News @shetnews

6 January 2011 00:00

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A SHETLAND man pled guilty to sending threatening and abusive text messages to a woman when he appeared from custody at Lerwick Sheriff Court on Thursday.

Forty year old Timothy Giles Drury, of 2 Maidenfield. Mossbank, told the woman via text that he intended to distribute sexually explicit images of her and threatening to scar her face by throwing acid at her.

Sentence was deferred for six months for Drury to be of good behaviour.

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