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A husband banned from contacting his estranged wife was jailed after he inadvertently sent her a message on the social networking site Facebook.
Dylan Osborn, 37, had been ordered by magistrates not to contact his wife Claire Tarbox, after he harassed her with phonecalls and text messages.
But when he joined Facebook to look at a friend’s wedding photos, the site sent an automatic “friend request” to everyone on his email list - including his ex-partner.
Osborn, from Newport Pagnell, Bucks, said the message had been sent without his knowledge, but the following day his wife contacted police.
He was arrested for breaching his bail conditions and a judge later ordered him to spend ten days in prison.
He was finally freed three days early after a plea from his solicitor.
Speaking afterwards, Osborn, an engineer, said he had been confused by the website’s sign-in procedure.
He said: “I certainly hadn’t intended to contact my wife... I didn’t even know she had a Facebook account. To be honest, I don’t think the judge understood how it works either.
“People on Facebook should be careful - this could easily happen to someone else.”
The couple, who have an eight-year-old daughter, split up three years ago.
Ms Tarbox was granted the initial injunction after Mr Dylan admitted harassing her with text messages and phone calls.
His solicitor William Eaglestone told Milton Keynes Magistrates Court the messages were not threatening, but instead “rather sad.”
One read: “I beg you, please don’t sleep with someone else. We need to sort this out.”
Osborn was released on conditional bail and will be sentenced for the harassment charge later this month.
Every week I get pointless idiotic messages from idiots signing up for this crap who spam my inbox because they got my email from a friend of their cousin whose friend's mate had to email me once 3 years ago.
Sounds like he's basically used the facebook tool to import all email contacts. You'd have thought his lawyers could've pulled in some tech experts to show the judge what happened.
Man Jailed over Facebook message 
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