Mason Jeffrey, 37, was jailed after breaching a restraining order after he sending a threatening message and making a chilling update to his status on Facebook referring to his ex
Mugshot of Mason Jeffrey(Image: Nottinghamshire Police)
A dad-of-two has been thrown into jail after a Facebook post landed him in serious trouble with the law.
Nottingham Crown Court heard how a furious Mason Jeffrey, 37, posted “everyone is going to get crushed” in a clear reference to an ex-partner he had previously attacked. He then went on to send a chilling message to one of her friends, threatening he would “chop up” his former girlfriend and her new partner.
Those reckless actions meant he breached a suspended sentence order, part of which has now been activated, resulting in him being locked up for up to a year.
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Sentencing Jeffrey, Judge Rosalind Coe KC said: “I accept what has been put forward on your behalf in relation to the new relationship but there is no excuse for breaching the restraining order and making the threats you have made in the messages I have seen. I accept there may have been a flashpoint but there is no doubt this is a serious breach.”
Prosecutor Georgina Miller told the court that Jeffrey, from Bilborough, had previously been in a relationship with the woman, reports Nottinghamshire Live. She explained that following the breakdown of that relationship, the defendant received a two-year jail term, suspended for two years, in February 2025 for assault occasioning actual bodily harm against her.
The prosecutor added that the sentencing judge on that occasion also imposed a five-year restraining order prohibiting him from contacting her either directly or indirectly. Miss Miller said: “On November, 29, 2025, the defendant updated his Facebook status saying ‘I have been patient, I have been nice, not anymore, everyone is going to get crushed’.
“The victim was made aware of this and asked a friend to see what it was all about. That friend firstly received a voice note from the defendant in which he accused his ex-partner of ‘playing God’ and saying ‘her new fella is walking down the street saying he is going to smack them (the defendant’s children)’ and again saying ‘everyone involved is going to get crushed’.
“He then sent the friend a message saying he was going to ‘chop her and him’ saying the new man was ‘trying to play dad’ and saying he was going to ‘smack his head in’.”
Jeffrey pleaded guilty to breaching both the suspended sentence and the restraining order, and had accumulated 19 previous convictions for 31 offences.
Digby Johnson, speaking in mitigation, said his client, who joined the sentencing hearing via video-link from HMP Nottingham, had previously been residing in Skegness but had returned to Nottingham after failing to secure accommodation on the Lincolnshire coast.
He revealed that the defendant had played a crucial role in saving his brother-in-law’s life during a serious asthma attack, ensuring he was safely transported to hospital for urgent treatment.
Mr Johnson said: “He has been promised there is somewhere to live when he comes out of prison with a friend in Long Eaton. The flashpoint here is him hearing there was a new man who had been threatening to slap the children in the street.”
