A 41 year old man who bombarded S Club's Tina Barrett with a string of explicit letters, threatening e-mails and gifts was jailed for six months yesterday. Steven Hindley faced charges of possessing and making indecent images of children, as well as harassment charges with regards Barrett.
Magistrate Brian Noake noted that Hindley suffered from a psycho Asperger's syndrome but added: "There's no other simple method of dealing with this. As the offences are so serious, the only suitable punishment is to send you to prison. We must protect the public from serious harm. For the charge of harassment we are making no separate penalty."
No comment as yet from Barrett.