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News.com.au
04-08-2025
- Business
- News.com.au
Body corp cops 312 ‘nuisance' email barrage from owner
A unit owner accused of sending an 'excessive' amount of threatening and insulting emails has been ordered to submit correspondence no longer than 1000 words. In a decision published by Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Committee, the owner of Lot 10, who bought into the luxurious Royal Pines at Benowa on the Gold Coast in December 2022, allegedly sent a staggering 312 emails to the body corporate manager between then and December 2024. The body corporate - Archer Hill - alleged that there had been an increase in the frequency of emails in late 2024. 'Emails from the respondent to the body corporate manager have become more prevalent since that time, for example, with 25 emails received in a four day period in December 2024, and 13 emails in a 12 day period in January 2025, and which numbers do not include emails sent separately to individual committee members or lot owners,' the application by the body corporate said. 'In contravention of the by-law (By-law 23 regulates communications), the respondent has communicated via email with the committee, its members, and the body corporate manager in an unreasonable, discourteous, and disrespectful manner by: the sheer volume of correspondence, and the content of the correspondence, which includes accusations, condescending and demanding statements, unreasonable requests, and questions the committee's integrity.' On the day that the application for a hearing was lodged by the body corporate, the committee received 22 emails from the respondent in one night. It was also claimed that even when the body corporate actioned a request made by the respondent, she would them make complaints about insufficient notice, demands about access times, details of contractors, and then denying access to her lot. Submissions were received from the owners of eight lots within the scheme, all in support of the body corporate's application. The reasons for decision noted that the body corporate had previously attempted to resolve the issue (of communication) through both formal and informal channels, including a letter in September 2024, requesting the respondent to limit correspondence to one email per week. Despite these efforts, the respondent reportedly continued to send multiple emails, prompting the body corporate to issue a notice of contravention on December 10, 2024. In response to the application, the respondent argued that the volume of correspondence was justified, citing unresolved issues related to maintenance, personal safety, and alleged conflicts of interest within the committee. The respondent also expressed a preference for digital communication, stating that they do not maintain paper files. Her submission to the referee was described as 'lengthy' and included 70 attachments. 'She says generally that she views the application as an effort to silence her efforts to have issues addressed by the body corporate,' the decision noted. The respondent said that her emails were not unreasonable and rejected assertions by the body corporate that the tone of her emails was untoward. But after reviewing submissions from the respondent, the body corporate, and other lot owners, the referee found the respondent's communications to be excessive and not in compliance with the communications by-law. The by-law, introduced in December 2022, allows the committee to impose conditions on communications to manage their volume and tone. 'I accept on the balance of probabilities that the respondent has been sending emails to the body corporate in the number and at the frequency alleged and tallied by the applicant,' the referee said. Further, the referee noted that the tone of the majority of the emails was demanding, accusatory, and/or belligerent, with many of the emails containing words in all capitals, and phrases such as 'still waiting', 'not acceptable', 'I demand', and ordering that things be done 'immediately'. As a result, the referee imposed conditions on the respondent's future communications with the body corporate. These include limiting written correspondence to one piece per week, addressed to the committee, unless additional communication is explicitly invited. Each communication must not exceed two pages or 1000 words and should clearly state the issues, supporting facts, and desired outcomes. The decision also said that the body corporate committee was not necessarily required to respond to the woman's correspondence, and the order did not permit the respondent to send a 'follow up' email in the same week. 'I am satisfied that the volume of emails amounts to a nuisance within the ordinary meaning of the word and that the volume is excessive and therefore also unreasonable,' the referee said, finding that the lot owner had breached the communications by-law. 'Moreover, I am also satisfied the tone of a large portion of the emails is discourteous and disrespectful. 'I am also satisfied that the body corporate acted reasonably when it decided to place a condition limiting the frequency of the respondent's communications with the body corporate to once per week.'
CTV News
30-07-2025
- CTV News
Toronto man accused of impersonating police, making death threats
Angelo Vasilopoulos, 47, of Toronto, is wanted in a criminal harassment and threatening investigation. (Toronto police handout) A 47-year-old man is wanted for allegedly impersonating a police officer at a downtown Toronto office as well as making death threats to two people. Toronto police said the suspect attended the business in the area of King Street East and Yonge Street on May 15. He is also accused of repeatedly contacting two people between May and July and threatening them. In a news release on Wednesday, police identified the suspect as Angelo Vasilopoulos. He is wanted for false representation as a peace or public officer, harassment by repeated communication with a person, harassment by means of repeated telecommunication and two counts of uttering threats/death or bodily harm. Vasilopoulos is described as five-foot-six with a thin build and dark-coloured hair. Police are asking anyone with information to contact them at 416-808-5200 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477) or
Yahoo
18-07-2025
- Yahoo
Cap-Pelé man accused of assaulting, threatening N.B. Power worker appears in court
A Cap-Pelé man accused of assaulting and threatening an N.B. Power employee has made his first appearance in Moncton provincial court. Ronald Arsenault, 53, was in court Friday when duty counsel representing him asked Judge Paul Duffie for more time to review evidence in the Crown's case. Arsenault is accused of assaulting and uttering threats against Hakeem Duncan. The allegations date back to March 29 in Cap-Pelé. In early April, N.B. Power issued a statement saying there had been two separate incidents where employees were physically assaulted in the field. WATCH | Ronald Arsenault, 53, is facing charges of assault, uttering threats: N.B. Power spokesperson Dominique Couture told the CBC at the time that the alleged incidents took place in Shediac and Cap-Pelé, and only one of them would result in charges. The alleged incident happened during a time when N.B. Power was seeing a surge in public animosity toward the utility and its employees. The company reported that employees were being verbally harassed over hundreds of calls about rising power bills. On Friday, an N.B. Power spokesperson told CBC News that the utility would not comment on Arsenault's case now that it was before the court. "The level of violence and harassment against our employees has declined since we asked for the public's support," the email said. Arsenault declined to comment outside court. He is scheduled to be back in court on Aug. 29.
Telegraph
13-06-2025
- Telegraph
Man, 49, charged with threats to kill Koran burner
A man that allegedly threatened to behead another man who set a Koran alight has been remanded in custody. Muhammad Naasir Attaari is accused of telling an employee in an Asda store that he would behead Hamit Coskun, who burned the Muslim holy book outside the Turkish consulate earlier this year. The 49-year-old was reported by the Asda employee. Mr Attaari wore a white Islamic skull cap and black hoodie in court, with a long grey-and-black beard. Westminster magistrates' court heard he is charged with threatening to kill Coskun, who shouted abusive comments about Islam and burned a Koran outside the Turkish consulate in Knightsbridge, central London, in February. Mr Attaari is also charged with three counts of possessing a bladed article in a public place. Coskun, 50, was convicted at the same court earlier this month of a religiously aggravated public order offence of using disorderly conduct, and fined a total of £336. Coskun, who is Kurdish and Armenian, was said to have travelled from his home in Derby to set fire to the Muslim holy book. In a statement released following his court case, he said his conviction had been 'an assault on free speech, and will deter others from exercising their democratic rights'. Mr Attaari, who the court heard is originally from the Blackburn area of Lancashire, entered no pleas at the hearing and his case was sent to Isleworth Crown Court. Prosecutor Rizwan Amin told the court: 'With regard to the threats to kill, it has taken place at an Asda store. 'A member of staff approached him and interacted with this defendant. 'On one particular occasion, there was dialogue between both parties, in particular that someone had burned a Koran, the holy book.' District Judge John Zani asked about the intended victim of the alleged threat. 'It's somebody who was in the news,' Mr Amin continued. 'He is not known [to the defendant].' The court heard that police visited Mr Attaari's address in Northolt and were about to leave, as he wasn't in, when the defendant arrived home and approached officers. Remanding Mr Attaari into custody until his next appearance at Isleworth Crown Court on July 10, Judge Zani told him: 'You face a number of serious offences too serious to be dealt with in this court.'
CTV News
05-06-2025
- CTV News
Pair from Sudbury charged with criminal harassment on Hwy. 17
Ontario Provincial Police were alerted to the incident at 1:55 a.m. by the driver who was threatened. Two suspects from Sudbury have been charged with following and threatening a victim June 1 in West Nipissing. Ontario Provincial Police were alerted to the incident at 1:55 a.m. by the driver who was threatened. 'The driver advised police that two individuals had approached them with knives but was able to flee in a vehicle which was still being followed by the two individuals,' police said in a news release Thursday. 'Police were able to locate the vehicle with the two individuals who brandished the knives and arrested them both. A search of the vehicle located, a club, a prohibited weapon, edged weapons, replica handgun, unmarked cigarettes and drugs suspected to be cocaine and cannabis.' Concealed weapon The suspects, ages 27 and 29, were both charged with criminal harassment. The 29-year-old was also charged with two counts of carrying a concealed weapon and drug possession. The 27-year-old was also charged with driving a vehicle with cannabis readily available and possessing unmarked cigarettes. Both accused were released and are scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice on July 3 in North Bay.
