​In court: Who has been in court from Chelmsford, Maldon,...

The following criminal cases were heard at Essex magistrates' courts between March 19 to 26.Sent to prisonSTEPHEN MARK COLLINS, 55, of Collingwood Road, South Woodham Ferrers, was sent to prison for six months for sending unwanted text messages and phone calls of a threatening nature to another person at Chelmsford between March 2 and 23. He was also given three months concurrent for using threatening abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause that person to believe that...