Mark Sands, 51, was sentenced at Brighton magistrates court having previously pleaded guilty to a charge of “sending via electronic communications a message that was grossly offensive” to the Eastbourne and Willingdon MP Caroline Ansell.
He now faces jail for four months for posting on Facebook a “sinister and menacing” threat to stab a Conservative MP to death.
On Facebook he wrote: “If you vote to take £30 off my money, I will personally come round to your house … and stab you to death.”
The Guardian reports that on his Facebook profile under the heading work, Sands wrote: “The Killing Fields, Trainee Murderer.” Under political views, he had “Kill your local MP”.
He also wrote next to a picture of the murdered Labour MP Jo Cox also featured on his page the words “sawn-off 2.2”.
Ms Ansell has been talking about the effect on her and her family.
Carolline Ansell talks to the BBC here about her experience.
