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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Oliver Clay

Teenage thief threatened women on Instagram

A teenager who burgled a high school last year has been handed a curfew after threatening two women via Instagram.

The 15-year-old from Runcorn, who cannot be identified due to his age, appeared at Cheshire Youth Court in Warrington last Thursday, where he pleaded guilty to two counts of malicious communications.

Court documents said the charges followed two incidents of making threats on Instagram with a view to causing “distress or anxiety” to two separate victims in January.

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