BBC News - 'Fresh proposals' planned over cyber-monitoring
Roland Perry
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Tue May 28 14:37:01 BST 2013
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Francis Davey <fjmd1a at gmail.com> writes
>Threatening to kill anybody is a crime, though I imagine it would have
>
>Contrary to section 16 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861
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>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/24-25/100/section/16
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>to be a credible threat before a court woudl take notice, and not just
> "I wish you were dead" mutterings. It woudl be moew than just
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>Yes. You have to intend that the victim fears the threat will be
>carried out.
How does that work when the victim is your child that you haven't told
you wish to kill (the only person who knows being the estranged wife).
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Roland Perry
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