BBC News - 'Fresh proposals' planned over cyber-monitoring

[Roland Perry]

In article 
<CAEWR3kuFW-zwGBtfe4bfrekBLUpKdkF2jNk0Z=AV2o-bDVoi9g at mail.gmail.com>, 
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
>
>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/24-25/100/section/16
> 
>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
>
>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).
-- 
Roland Perry