After sending ex-wife bunch of flowers, Man locked up for two days

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.

Prosecutor Tracey Willingham said the order had been made at Wrexham magistrates’ court in August last year and he was not to approach his ex-wife directly or indirectly.
The couple had been together 20 years but had split up four years ago, and the restraining order was made following a malicious phone call.
The woman returned to her home to find the flowers and realised they were the same as the ones her daughter had received.
She read the card and contacted police.
The prosecutor said: “She feared that the defendant was trying to get into her head again.
"She felt very frightened.”
Arrested and interviewed, Crocombe admitted what he had done and said that he thought it would be a nice gesture.
With hindsight he realised that it was not the best thing to do but said he had not wanted to cause her any distress.
Phillip Lloyd Jones, defending, said that his client had got on with his life, it had been a clean break divorce, and there was no reason for him to contact her.
But his daughter had given birth, he sent her some flowers and as an afterthought he decided to send his former wife flowers as well.
There was nothing malicious, he said.
Mr Lloyd Jones added: “He sent some flowers.
"There was nothing on the card of a threatening nature.
“She did not accept them in the spirit they were sent.
“He should never have sent her flowers, he realises it was a mistake.