Mr Boyce admitted that on 31st July he sent four grossly offensive messages by phone of an indecent, obscene or menacing character. He was charged under the Telecommunications Act 1984 which prohibits obscene messages by telephone. One of the messages read, “Baldy pervert, you have wrecked our marriage, so I am going to break your neck.” Mr Buller called the police who then arrested Mr Boyce.
According to estimates, 500 million text messages per month are sent on UK mobile phones.