William Curtis, 70, was convicted last month of sending threatening messages to the first minister that were 'likely to cause a reasonable person to suffer fear or alarm'.
Curtis was found guilty of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner which was"likely to cause a reasonable person to suffer fear or alarm" by sending an email and posting messages on social media in which he made threatening remarks towards Ms Sturgeon on various occasions between 27 February and 6 March 2019, as well as another charge of posting abusive material online about two other people in October 2020.
He was also found guilty of sending or causing a threatening message to be sent to Mr Stevenson on 9 March 2019.The court heard a direct message was sent on Facebook to Mr Stevenson from a person called"Carole Curtis" which read:"Your turn is coming of that you can be sure." On Friday, advocate Chris Miller, representing Curtis, told the sentencing hearing at the High Court in Glasgow that his client maintains his position that the messages to Ms Sturgeon and the others were not threatening and abusive to the extent a reasonable person would suffer alarm.
During the 11-minute hearing, Mr Miller also told the court his client maintains he did not send the message to Mr Stevenson.Curtis listened silently as Lord Weir told him it appeared he had a personal vendetta against those in authority, and he showed"complete disregard" to the likely impact of the posts.
Paul Mullen, representing Mitchell, told the court his client was"completely down a rabbit hole where he has simply not seen the wrongfulness of his actions" and he still believes targeting the sheriff was"legitimate".
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