Man jailed for threatening Verdonk

A 56-year-old man who sent threatening emails to immigration minister Rita Verdonk and independent MP Geert Wilders has been given a three month suspended jail sentence and 60 hours community service. Magistrates said the man, who has alcohol and psychiatric problems, was on his last warning.

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