A SWAN Hill man who relentlessly sent menacing statements, threats of violence and explicit pictures to three teenage girls has been sentenced in the Mildura County Court.

Rhys Wardle, 34, was 27 years old at the time of the offending, when he used Facebook messenger to contact three girls, aged 14, 16 and 17.

Wardle pleaded guilty to two charges of using a carriage service to harass, and one ch...