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Man sentenced over 'disgusting' death threats to Senator Fatima Payman
Sean David Sharman was sentenced to an 18-month community order with mandated alcohol and mental health treatment after pleading guilty to racist and Islamophobic threats.
- On Monday, November 17, Sean David Sharman, 51, Ballarat man, was sentenced at Ballarat Magistrates' Court to an 18-month Community Corrections Order with conviction but avoided jail after pleading guilty.
- Targeting records show the abuse was driven by Payman's gender, race and religion, with the Ballarat Magistrates' Court finding Sharman's messages targeted Senator Payman because of this.
- The email contained an explicit threat, with Sharman following up two minutes later with his full name, address, and phone number, court records show.
- The court ordered rehabilitation and courses for alcohol and mental-health issues as conditions of the order, with Magistrate Julia Barling urging Sean David Sharman to take it seriously and noting she would have jailed him if he had prior convictions.
- Magistrate Julia Barling warned about rising 'keyboard warriors' who send abusive messages, and Senator Fatima Payman said her office still receives daily racist messages, urging stronger deterrents.
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Payman’s office gets racist emails ‘daily’, as man sentenced over death threat to WA senator
Independent Senator Fatima Payman said she accepted the court’s sentence, but believed there needed to be more deterrents for racism and hate speech, which her office continued to receive daily.
·Sydney, Australia
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