Tonya is struggling in her new job. Despite working as hard as she can, she has made a number of mistakes and does not have a good relationship with her manager. Tonya receives an email from her manager telling her that there are problems with her performance and that unless she improves, she may be at risk of failing her probation and losing her job.
Tonya is very upset and writes a long email in which she insults her manager and tells her to stop harassing her unfairly or the next time she sees her, she will push her into the path of an oncoming bus.
When Tonya has finished writing the email, she feels much better. However, when she attempts to delete her email, she accidentally presses ‘send’ instead.
When her manager reads the email, she is very upset and calls the police.
Advise Tonya whether she has committed an offence under s.1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988.
