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Prosecutors target first 'Facebook harassment' convictionPoke, poke, poke, poke, poke, poke...Published Wednesday 5th March 2008 10:56 GMT A Birmingham man is set to be the first in the UK to stand trial for harassment using Facebook. Michael Hurst, 33, of Edgbaston, has pleaded not guilty to harassing ex-girlfriend Sophie Sladden. Appearing before magistrates, he was granted conditional bail to stand trial later in March, The Birmingham Mail reports. He is accused of a breach of the Harassment Act 1997 when he used Facebook to contact Sladden on 21 January. A spokesman for the Crown Prosecution Service said: "We have prosecuted harassment cases before where people have sent letters, made phone calls, and even text messages in recent years, but to my knowledge this is the first case where a website like Facebook has been involved." Hurst and Sladden's Facebook accounts have been deleted from the site. ® 26 comments posted — Comment period finished Are they really gone?Posted: 11:09 5th March 2008 ExtremePosted: 11:11 5th March 2008 Which account was deleted!?Posted: 11:43 5th March 2008 Really Deleted?Posted: 11:59 5th March 2008 Why is the Reg reporting this?Posted: 13:18 5th March 2008
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