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Man arrested for sending 'threatening tweets'

A 33 year-old man has been jailed in the United Kingdom for sending threatening Twitter messages.

Peter Nunn, a 33 year-old part-time delivery driver was sentenced to 18 weeks in jail for sending threatening tweets to Labour MP Stella Creasy.

Both Creasy and feminist Caroline Criado-Perez, who led the campaign to put author Jane Austen on the £10 British banknote.

According to BBC.com, District Judge Elizabeth Roscoe of City of London Magistrates' Court found him guilty of sending indecent, obscene or menacing messages.

A restraining order was also imposed on Nunn prohibiting him from any kind of contact with Ms Creasy and Criado-Perez.

According to BizCommunity, one of the tweets Nunn sent to Creasy read: "Best way to rape a witch, try and drown her first then just when she's gagging for air that's when you enter."

Criado-Perez was by BizCommunity as saying:"This man made me fear for my life as no-one ever has before. I felt he was a clear and present threat to me”

Creasy called on measures to be put in place to assist the police in identifying online threats.

"We now need to ensure our police and criminal justice services are better trained to identify the risks anyone receiving threats faces, whether these are made on or offline so that we can protect those being stalked,” said Creasy to BBC.

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