An axeman who claimed he feared for his life after receiving transphobic threats from a neighbour phoned police and said he would kill him if they did not come quickly. Matthew Pond began sending racist messages to his landlord stating he would 'hang his father from a tree,' after being bailed for the initial incident.
And in 2018 the same offender racially abused a police officer who had been called to a bonfire party at his mother’s pub, DerbyshireLive reports. Steven Taylor, prosecuting at Derby Crown Court, said the first incident took place in Ilkeston on May 27, last year.
He said police received a phone call from Pond telling them he was outside his address with an axe, making various threats as to what he would do if they did not come. The prosecutor added: "Essentially he was saying he was in fear of violence himself as he had been threatened because he was transgender.
