Wolverhampton pensioner locked up over YouTube abuseA Wolverhampton pensioner has been jailed after launching a campaign of abuse against a taxi firm and ranting about the city council over the internet.
Stan Long, aged 75, put up flyers across the city making allegations about bosses of Wombourne Taxis as well as solicitors and took to YouTube to publish numerous videos of him criticising various individuals.
His frequent outbursts led to him being hit with a restraining order by Wolverhampton Magistrates’ Court in 2011. But over a period of three months, stretching from October last year to January, he continued the tirades.
Representing himself Long admitted five offences of harassment or breach of a restraining order on conviction and another charge of committing an offence during the operational period of a suspended sentence.
Long said: “You’re making me out to be the guilty party when I am the victim. They’re all crooks. I keep telling you it’s them who should be here not me.”
District Judge Mr Graham Wilkinson jailed Long for two months and ordered him to pay £85 in costs. He told Long: “I am aware that you are representing yourself and that no solicitor will dare represent you through fear they will become the next target. While you have been attending your meetings with probation you have used these sessions to continue your rants.
This court has made a restraining order against you but you have continued to breach it.”
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