A DISTRICT Judge has described how a Pembroke man sent a ‘disgusting, appalling and grossly offensive’ message to his sister via a Facebook message.

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, sent a message to his sister on January 18, asking her if she was alone.

“He sent her a photo of himself with no top on, and the words, ‘What’s your reaction?’” Crown Prosecutor Abigail Jackson told Haverfordwest magistrates this week.

Ms Jackson then went on to quote the subsequent message which the 38-year-old sent to his sister.

“I bet you’d like a long hard cock shoved deep inside you,” he told her via the Facebook messenger system.

“This wasn’t an appropriate message,” said Ms Jackson, “so the sister blocked him.”

Ms Jackson then read a victim impact statement from the sister.

“I don’t know how to put this into words,” she said.

“This is something I didn’t expect to receive from my own brother. It made me feel disgusted and has put a huge strain on our family.

“It concerns me that he can send me these kinds of messages. What can he send to other people?”

The defendant pleaded guilty to a charge of sending an offensive, indecent, obscene and menacing message to his sister when he appeared before magistrates via a video link from Swansea prison.

He was sentenced to 16 weeks in custody suspended for 18 months.

A restraining order was imposed preventing him from having any contact with his sister and from entering her address. He was ordered to pay a £154 court surcharge and £85 costs.

“This was a grossly offensive message which was both disgusting and appalling,” commented the District Judge Mark Laytn when imposing sentence.