Alexander Kent Wadsworth pleaded guilty to using a carriage service to menace, harass or offend

An angry pet owner, who sent a vile message to a vet he believed gave him bad advice the day his dog died, has landed in court. See what made him so angry.

An angry pet owner has ended up in court for sending a vile text to a vet he believed had given him bad advice the day his dog died from a paralysis tick bite.

Alexander Kent Wadsworth pleaded guilty in Maryborough Magistrates Court this week to one count of using a carriage service to menace, harass or offend.

The court heard the victim, a female veterinarian, received the text message one morning, calling her a b***h and saying “I’m coming for you” and “enjoy what limited time you have left as a practising vet”.

Police carrying out patrols later found Wadsworth, who was camping, after the vet made a complaint.

He made admissions to sending the text message.

Alexander Kent Wadsworth pleaded guilty to one count of using a carriage service to menace, harass or offend.

Wadsworth, who didn’t have a lawyer, told the court he was upset after his dog died hours after being bitten by a paralysis tick.

He claimed the vet had sent him to a surgery four hours away when there was a closer option an hour and a half away.

Wadsworth said he knew it was “only a matter of time” after the dog was bitten by the tick and he knew the dog needed treatment urgently.

He claimed the vet had a “very poor phone manner” and he’d abused and hung up, leading him to send the text after the dog died.

The dog belonged to his son and was a companion animal, Wadsworth said.

He also said he did not intend for the words “I’m coming for you” to be threatening to her personally, clarifying that he meant he was “coming for her career”.

“I called her a b***h because that was my feelings at the time,” he said.

The court heard Wadsworth was cooperative with police.

Magistrate Kurt Fowler said the text would have been “concerning to the person involved”.

Wadsworth was fined $400 and a conviction was recorded.