
A man was locked up for two days for sending his ex-wife a bunch of flowers.
Malcolm Crocombe, 59, went to a florists’ shop to send his daughter some flowers on the birth of his grandchild.
While there, he also sent a bunch to his former wife with a message which read “ welcome to the grandparents’ club”.
But a court heard that he was subject to an indefinite restraining order not to approach his ex-wife Karen in any way.
Police were contacted, he was arrested, and ended up in a police cell for two days awaiting his appearance at Flintshire magistrates’ court at Mold.
After hearing the circumstances, magistrates fined him £50 but said that it would be “ deemed served” by the time he had spent on remand in police cells.
Crocombe, of Shotton, Flintshire, was also ordered to pay £105 costs and was reminded that the restraining order remained in place.