Man pleads guilty to threatening Central Coast MP

Key points

• Christopher Mark Whitty, 43, has pleaded guilty in Gosford Local Court to using a carriage service to threaten serious harm against Gosford state MP Liesl Tesch. Court documents heard he used Facebook to make threats of violence and to say he intended to find Ms Tesch in public and harm her.
• Whitty has been on conditional bail since August, and his conditions bar him from coming within 100 metres of Ms Tesch. He is due to face sentencing in December.
• Ms Tesch previously said online threats against women in public life are a serious problem.