TWO people who sent threatening Whatsapp messages to women in Droitwich has been handed a two year community order.

Rebecca Kopacz and Richard Weaver appeared before magistrates on April 29 in Worcester where they both indicated a guilty plea to two charges of sending Whatsapp voice notes which conveyed a threat for the purpose of causing anxiety.

The messages, which were sent on December 26 last year, were directed at two different women.

36 year-old Kopacz, of Worcester Road, indicated a guilty plea to the offences, and magistrates imposed a 24-month conditional discharge with a restraining order preventing Kopacz from contacting either of the two women she sent the Whatsapp messages to.

In addition, she was ordered to pay a £22 victim surcharge and court costs of £100.

28 year-old Weaver, also of Worcester Road, indicated a guilty plea when he appeared before magistrates on the same day.

He was handed a community order banning him from using Facebook, Instagram or Whatsapp as well as not contacting either of the two victims.

He was fined £80, ordered to pay a £95 victim surcharge and court costs of £100.

An Evesham woman who admitted driving with a drug in her system has been fined.

Laura Payne appeared before magistrates in Worcester charged with driving in the city with delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, the active ingredient in cannabis, in her system, on November 22 last year.

The 29 year-old, of Enstone Way, Evesham, admitted the charge, and was fined £96 in addition to a £34 victim surcharge and court costs of £135.

In addition, she has been given 10 penalty points on her licence.

An arrest warrant has been issued for a man who failed to attend his court hearing over the alleged theft of a bottle of wine.

Justin Wynn, of Goldsmith Road, Worcester, was due to appear before magistrates in the city on April 29 charged with stealing a bottle of wine worth £12.15 from a Texaco garage on Christmas Day last year.

The 42 year-old failed to attend his hearing, so magistrates issued a warrant for arrest without bail.