A MAN from Rhyl who threatened to kill his former partner and breached his restraining order against her has been jailed.

Kyle Parker, 34, of Barry Road North, pleaded guilty to four counts of breaching the order and making the threat to kill Toni Jones, who is also the mother of his child.

At Mold Crown Court today (November 16), he received a four-month concurrent prison sentence.

All of the incidents in question took place between April and June of this year.

Prosecuting, Brian Treadwell told the court of how Parker and Jones had been in a relationship for two-and-a-half years before it ended in December 2019.

They had one child together; a son who is now three years old.

The court heard that Parker’s offences included:

• Calling Jones from a mobile number other than his own, before telling her: “Toni, it’s Kyle. I just want to speak to you. I love you.”

• Sending Jones a series of text messages, including a picture of their son, and one saying: “I’ve been to court today and they’ve told me there can’t be any communication between me and you. The restraining needs to be lifted, otherwise will be in and out of family court.”

• Threatening to “f***ing kill her” in a text message.

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When interviewed, Parker said that some messages, including the death threat, were mistakenly sent to Jones, as she was listed next to his brother, Korey (who he had intended to send them to) in his phone contacts list.

This is because Jones’ name in his contacts list was “c***” (spelt with a “k” rather than a “c”).

Parker said he was “that type of person” when he was questioned about the death threat.

Jones, who now resides at another address in Connah’s Quay, said she was “made to feel anxious and exhausted”, and that “when I feel like I’m starting to relax, he will message me again”.

Defending, Simon Killeen accepted that the court expects such orders as that imposed on Parker to be followed, and he had not done so.

In mitigation, he said: “On the other hand, this man has not seen his three-year-old son for a long time, and this is why he behaved like so.”

Parker, who was not represented by a solicitor, also has previous convictions relating to breaches of a restraining order.

Sentencing, Judge Niclas Parry also imposed a five-year restraining order on Parker.

This prevents him from contacting Jones directly or indirectly, or attending her current home address in Connah’s Quay.

The only exception made was contact through a solicitor or by Parker approaching the family court, which would then contact Jones on his behalf.

Parry also ordered a £128 victim surcharge to be paid within three months.

He said: “It is to her credit that she has been very measured in her victim personal statement. All she wants is peace and to get on with her life

“What aggravates this case is the number of breaches, the previous convictions for breaches, and the fact that at times, the contact arrangements were used to try to extend to further matters such as reconciliation.”

Regarding the threat to kill, Parry said: “It was a very short-lived incident.

“You blurted that out in temper and extreme disappointment, and little or no distress was caused to the victim, because it wasn’t made directly to the victim.

“I do bear in mind the limited effect upon the victim. This is all emotionally generated by the fact you’re not seeing your child, and I understand that.”