#034 - Susan Thomas
#034 - Susan Thomas
Background
Facebook Profile link - https://www.facebook.com/susan.j.thomas
Ms. Thomas first came to my attention as a laugher on comments. Not satisfied with that she tracked down my personal profile and sent me a nice little message.
Not satisfied with that she had to send the prince a message - so this time I responded
Criminal Action under Queensland Law
Section 359B of Chapter 33A of the Queensland Criminal Code defines unlawful stalking as (a) intentionally directed at a person; (b) engaged in on any 1 occasion; and (c) consisting of 1 or more acts of the following, or a similar, type.
Section 359B(c)(iii) - contacting a person in any way, including, for example, by telephone, mail, fax, email or through the use of any technology;
Section 359B(c)(v) - giving offensive material to a person, directly or indirectly; and
Section 359B(c)(vi) - an intimidating, harassing or threatening act against a person, whether or not involving violence or a threat of violence;
Section 359B(d)(ii) - causes detriment, reasonably arising in all the circumstances, to the stalked person or another person.
Offence under Australian Federal Law
A person commits an offence if they use a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence, according to the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth). A carriage service is defined in the Telecommunications Act 1997 (Cth) as ‘a service for carrying communications by means for guided and/or unguided electromagnetic energy’, pursuant to s7 of the Act. In simple terms, this could be taken to refer to social media communications, emails, text messages and calls.
