DENTIST ANTHONY CALE FINED FOR HARASSING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE
A dentist, Anthony Cale, admitted to harassing his estranged wife by making unwanted phone calls to her, and threatened to report her for stabbing him.He appeared at Kirklees Magistrates’ Court and pleaded guilty to harassment between August 4 and 20.
The court was told that Cale, of Gorse Bank Farm in Hepworth, had been married to Janet Cale for 16 years, and they had a teenage daughter.
Recently arrested after his wife, secretary of his dental practice, made a police complaint, he was banned from contacting her.
Despite bail conditions, he called her again on August 9 from a payphone and again on August 15.
He also sent a text to his daughter asking her to speak with Mrs Cale, saying: “Talk to your mum, none of this mess is necessary.
’I’m going to report your mum for stabbing me – she’ll face five years in prison’.” Prosecutor Jill Seddon highlighted these threats.
Cale was warned about his bail but made further contact.
He was ordered to pay a £900 fine, along with £85 costs and a £90 victim surcharge.
