{"id":25125,"date":"2018-02-13T13:08:38","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T13:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=25125"},"modified":"2018-02-13T13:08:38","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T13:08:38","slug":"stalker-jailed-harassing-ex-partner-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/13\/stalker-jailed-harassing-ex-partner-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Stalker jailed after harassing ex-partner on Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 32-YEAR-OLD man was jailed for 18 weeks at Cardiff Crown Court for repeatedly breaching a five-year restraining order against his ex-partner via Facebook.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25143\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25143\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25143\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/MichaelMunday.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/MichaelMunday.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/MichaelMunday-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/MichaelMunday-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/MichaelMunday-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25143\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/MichaelMunday.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/MichaelMunday.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/MichaelMunday-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/MichaelMunday-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/MichaelMunday-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/noscript> Michael Munday, sentenced at Cardiff crown court<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nMichael Munday, of Gibbons Way, North Cornelly, Bridgend, was arrested on January 12 and charged with three counts of harassment.<br \/>\nHe was sentenced on February 12 after the case was adjourned on January 26 \u00a0so inquiries could be made into the Facebook group chat where messages were exchanged between Munday, his ex-partner and two other men.<br \/>\nMunday had already been jailed for 32 weeks by Swansea Crown Court and his restraining order extended to five years after he repeatedly harassed his ex-partner.<br \/>\nHe had just been released on licence when he breached his restraining order again.<br \/>\nJudge Eleri Rees said: \u201cYou are fully aware, having just been released from prison for similar offending against her, the responsibility is entirely yours for contacting her, and this is a repeated breach.\u201d<br \/>\nThe prosecution contacted Munday\u2019s ex-partner several times before the sentencing, but she did not provide a statement.<br \/>\nTimothy Hartland, defending, said the breach was not threatening, not suggestive of violence of any kind and he had had no direct contact.<br \/>\nJudge Eleri Rees said she had taken into account Munday&#8217;s early guilty plea and the fact he was not the instigator of the messages as the group chat had been set up by another man.<br \/>\n&#8220;This relationship is at an end,&#8221; she told the court.<br \/>\n&#8220;Ultimately to return those messages to her, he has breached his restraining order,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 32-YEAR-OLD man was jailed for 18 weeks at Cardiff Crown Court for repeatedly breaching a five-year restraining order against his ex-partner via Facebook. Michael Munday, of Gibbons Way, North Cornelly, Bridgend, was arrested on January 12 and charged with three counts of harassment. He was sentenced on February 12 after the case was adjourned on January 26 \u00a0so inquiries could be made into the Facebook group chat where messages were exchanged between Munday, his ex-partner and two other men. 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