A SUBMARINE enthusiast who bombarded a shipyard director with letters has appealed against his restraining order.
Shaun Gordon Williams, of Aberdeen Street in Barrow, had been charged with harassment after allegedly sending a series of letters to Tony Johns, managing director of BAE Systems Submarines.
He denied the charge and was due to stand trial at Furness Magistrates’ Court last March.
Williams, aged 39, was also accused of posting insulting and abusive posts about Mr Johns and other BAE directors on the Evening Mail’s website.
However the Crown Prosecution Service struck a deal with Williams’s solicitor Mr Trystan Roberts, to dispose of the matter by way of a civil restraining order and without criminal charges.
As a result, Williams was banned from contacting Mr Johns or any other BAE Systems employee in Barrow while they are at work by any means, banned from entering BAE premises in Barrow, and banned from posting insulting, threatening or abusive posts about Mr Johns or any other BAE Systems employee.
However, witnesses in the case have this week been informed that Williams has appealed against the order. The appeal hearing is due to take place at Carlisle Crown Court on September 1.
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