A 37-year-old man from Nottingham has been sentenced to a year in prison after posting on Facebook. At Nottingham Crown Court, it was heard that Mason Jeffrey posted threatening remarks about a former partner he had previously assaulted. He also contacted one of her friends with messages threatening violence against both the woman and her new partner. These offences breached a suspended sentence, which has now been activated and will keep him in custody for up to twelve months. When delivering the sentence, Judge Rosalind Coe KC stated that while she acknowledged the circumstances surrounding his new relationship, breaching the restraining order and sending threatening messages could not be justified. She noted that although there may have been a catalyst, this remained a serious breach of court orders. Prosecuting barrister Georgina Miller explained that Jeffrey, from Bilborough, had been in a relationship with the woman and they shared children. She told the court that following the breakdown of their relationship, the defendant had received a two-year prison sentence suspended for two years in February 2025 after being convicted of assault occasioning actual bodily harm against her. At that time, a five-year restraining order was also imposed, banning any direct or indirect contact. Miss Miller stated that on November 29, 2025, the defendant updated his Facebook profile with a message indicating he had been patient and nice but would no longer be so, and that everyone would suffer consequences. The victim saw this and asked a friend to look into it. That friend first received a voice message from the defendant in which he accused his former partner of overstepping her authority and claimed the new boyfriend had threatened to slap the defendant’s children in the street while also stating everyone involved would suffer consequences. He later sent the friend another message indicating he would harm the woman and her new partner, referring to the new partner as attempting to take on a parental role and stating he would assault him. Jeffrey, from Bathurst Drive, pleaded guilty to breaching both the suspended sentence and the restraining order. He had 19 previous convictions covering 31 separate offences. Defence barrister Digby Johnson said his client, who appeared via video-link from HMP Nottingham for sentencing this week, had been living in Skegness but returned to Nottingham because he was unable to find somewhere to stay on the Lincolnshire coast. He explained that the defendant had helped save his brother-in-law during a severe asthma attack and got him to hospital for treatment. Mr Johnson said his client had been promised somewhere to live upon his release from custody with a friend in Long Eaton. He stated that the trigger for the offences was learning about a new man who had allegedly threatened to slap the children in the street.