Twitter harassment case continues

A Toronto man was back in court on Wednesday,facing charges regarding comments he made on Twitter.

Gregory Alan Elliott has been charged with criminal harassmentfollowing a series of tweets between him and three women.

Police admit many of the messages were vulgar and inappropriate. Hundreds of these messages between Elliott and the women were presentedin court Wednesday.

Its not new laws, its notnew behaviour, its just a new medium, said Const. Nathan Dayler.

Although no specific threats were made in the messages, police say the charges are still valid.

The messages received by the victims were such that they felt threatened, they felt concerned,they asked for the messages to stop and they continued, Dayler said.

According toAdam Goodman, a criminal defence lawyer,for taunts to be considered a crimethere has to be repeated communication and a fear for ones safety.

You have to be careful.Criminal harassmentand freedom of speech can often cross lines, but the question is,'Is what youre sayingactually fearful and causing somebody to legitimately fear for their safety?' Goodman said.

Elliotts trial continues Thursday.