Derbyshire man in court over alleged comments on Pride social media posts

A Derbyshire man is due to appear in court today to face a charge of malicious communications over comments he allegedly made on social media.
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It comes after police received a number of complaints about comments made on a Facebook post about policing at the Belper Pride event in August.

Jamie Spencer, of Heanor Road in Codnor, was voluntarily interviewed and then later charged with the offence.

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The 36-year-old is due to appear at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates Court on Thursday 3 February.