'Risks of being in public office' as man in custody

Robert Hood was found guilty of harassing police and crime commissioner Donna Jones

- by Steve Deeks

The “risks of being in public office” have been highlighted in a statement after a man was found guilty of harassing Hampshire's police and crime commissioner.

Robert Hood, 59, of Kingsley Road, Southsea, had been due to be sentenced this week on a single charge of harassment - however the case has been adjourned until November 28 with Hood remanded in custody until his sentencing.

He had been found guilty at an earlier hearing at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court of a charge of harassment without violence after delivering correspondence to an address in Fareham, causing police and crime commissioner Donna Jones to believe she would be arrested.