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Finally, more than a year after the crime was reported, the constable told me the suspect would be charged with an offence of malicious communications by sending an offensive, indecent or threatening message.

The judge said the "vile, threatening and abusive" harassment of a former partner in 2022 on its own merited a custodial sentence.

In the background, the older workers negotiate with the overseer for better pay by threatening to strike, and suffer his threats and intimidation.

Filion has also pleaded guilty to making three other threatening calls, according to the Department of Justice.

"We are aware of concerns in the community following reports recently of assaults and threatening behaviour on footpaths along the Union Canal in the Edinburgh area," he said.