electronic communication

Parslow also pleaded guilty to offences connected to Mercy's case which included a sexual offence and two charges of sending electronic communications with intent to cause distress and anxiety.

Andrew McIntyre, 39, of Cousins Lane, Rufford, pleaded not guilty to encouraging murder through electronic communication and encouraging violent disorder through electronic communication, at Liverpool Crown Court.

Mr Robinson is charged with intentionally encouraging or assisting rioting, sending messages via electronic communications threatening to burn hotels and publishing written material intended to arouse fear or hatred.

Innes was charged with two offences of sending an electronic communication which conveys a threat or is grossly offensive for the purpose of causing distress or anxiety, and later pleaded guilty at Leeds Magistrates’ Court.

Prosecutors are seeking to detain them pending trial on charges that include child solicitation by an electronic communication device.