Judge Pyle has retired to his room to think about the sentence for Hollis.Hollis was purporting to have friends in the policeHe said he would "get them for harassing a keyworker"KEY EVENTMr Ballentyne, for Hollis, who is sat in the middle of the courtoom in front of a long bench, blamed hard work which had caused Hollis to "burn out".
He stressed what happened was out of character, it was of relatively short duration, brought about by public-spirited hard word he was doing at the time. A social media frenzy took place over that time", said Mr Ballentyne. Hollis' mental health was suffering and he has received counselling.Rebecca SherdleyMr Fielding said the vein running through the harassment charge , on the Crown's case, the defendant, in his abuse of them, "misused his position as a public servant" - he is a councillor and was deputy leader of Ashfield District Council.
But a call to police from his neighbour about this claim, started the "harassment and bullying", added Mr Fielding.Hollis confirms his name, age, address to the legal advisor. She reads out the charges he was convicted of. Mr Fielding, for the prosecution, has provided up-to-date victim impact statements.Hollis is outside in the public seats. His barrister, Errol Ballentyne, is here, and the prosecutor Mark Fielding.
State of him. Didn't even bother to shave for his sentence hearing.