Mansfield man harassed former partner by sending abusive messages and going to her home

Mclaren Holt attended the woman’s home on September 18 last year and bombarded her with abusive texts and voicemails over the following days, records for Nottingham Magistrates’ Court show.

Holt, 22, of no fixed address, also admitted committing the offence while subject to a suspended sentence for failing to surrender to custody, imposed by magistrates earlier in September last year.

He was given a further eight-week prison term, suspended for 12 months, and ordered to pay £85 in prosecution costs and a £122 victim surcharge.

Holt wasn’t jailed because he had worked well with the Probation Service following the imposition of the first suspended sentence.

Magistrates also issued a restraining order, banning Holt from contacting the woman, other than via the Family Court, Social Services or a solicitor to arrange child contact, until January 230, 2022.

A message from the Editor:

Thank you for reading this story on our website. While I have your attention, I also have an important request to make of you.

In order for us to continue to provide high quality and trusted local news on this free-to-read site, I am asking you to also please purchase a copy of our newspaper.

Our journalists are highly trained and our content is independently regulated by IPSO to some of the most rigorous standards in the world. But being your eyes and ears comes at a price. So we need your support more than ever to buy our newspapers during this crisis.

With the coronavirus lockdown having a major impact on many of our local valued advertisers - and consequently the advertising that we receive - we are more reliant than ever on you helping us to provide you with news and information by buying a copy of our newspaper.

Thank you

Nancy Fielder, editor