33-year-old Thomas Downs, a gay man living in Berkshire, UK, will serve a 14-month prison sentence. Downs confessed in court to putting a person in fear of violence and sending a letter or communication with threatening words after sending his ex-boyfriend more than 300 messages on the gay dating app Grindr, including one in which he threatened to kill an 11-year-old girl.The Daily Mail reports that the saga began in 2012 when Downs met Jeffrey Imms.
The couple began a romantic relationship which lasted four years before dissolving. Then, in 2017, Downs contacted Imms on Grindr in hopes of rekindling their relationship.