Detectives from Newry, Mourne and Down CID, investigating threatening telephone calls made to two local councillors in December 2025 and in February of this year respectively, have charged a 36 year-old man with three counts of ‘threatening communications’ under the Online Safety Act 2023.
He is due to appear at Newry Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 3rd June. As is normal procedure all charges are reviewed by the PPS.