Another internet troll facing jail

You have to be *very* careful these days, as some people will soon find out.
Who do we know who dishes out "homophobic abuse"?
And calling someone a monkey is very tame in comparison to the abuse I
received from JMS as the police duly noted.

QUOTE:

A MAN was given community service after racially abusing a Desperate
Scousewives star on Twitter.

Jon Grimes, from Kirkby, yesterday pleaded guilty at Liverpool magistrates'
court to sending offensive communications to Layla Flaherty, a model and one
of the stars of the E4 "reality" show.

Grimes called Dublin-born Layla, 28, a "monkey" and "a f***** monkey" during
a drunken rant on Twitter.

The 27-year-old, of Bedale Walk, sent the "self-confessed Scousewives
man-eater" four messages at around 12.15am on December 6.

When one of her Twitter followers hit back at Grimes, he was met with
homophobic abuse.

When the matter was reported to police, they tracked down Grimes.

He was arrested on December 29 and admitted sending the messages, claiming
he was drunk at the time.

He apologised to the former psychology student and expressed remorse and was
sentenced to 100 hours' unpaid work and £85 costs.

Martin O'Shea, MD for Layla's management agency, Money North, said: "We got
the police involved because we feel that people shouldn't be allowed to sit
at their computers and say things like this, committing hate crime, and get
away with it.

"We are delighted with the police investigation and it sends the message out
that hate crime is hate crime, whether it is done to someone's face or by
someone sat on a computer keyboard.

"No-one deserves this and we are glad someone has been brought to justice
for it."

After the hearing, Merseyside's top prosecutor spoke out about the dangers
of misusing social media.

Paul Whittaker, Chief Crown Prosecutor of CPS Merseyside-Cheshire, said: "We
are seeing more and more instances of people using social media in a way
which has the potential to undermine prosecutions or even put them at risk
of prosecution.

"What many people may not realise is that posting information on social
media means that the information is effectively in the public domain and can
be viewed by anyone. This can expose the user to arrest and prosecution if
their activity breaks the law, like this case.

"The irony is that the defendant tweeted his way to a conviction by posting
the evidence to build a case against him."

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Simon Mason

"Simon Mason" wrote in message
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You have to be *very* careful these days, as some people will soon find
out.
Who do we know who dishes out "homophobic abuse"?
And calling someone a monkey is very tame in comparison to the abuse I
received from JMS as the police duly noted.

Yes, I am considering reporting you to police for some of the insults you
have hurled out at other people. You should be careful what you say Mr.
Mason.

On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:01:52 -0000, "Simon Mason"
wrote:

You have to be *very* careful these days, as some people will soon find out.
Who do we know who dishes out "homophobic abuse"?
And calling someone a monkey is very tame in comparison to the abuse I
received from JMS as the police duly noted.



How *is* the evidence gathering stage progressing?

I am truly amazed that the three of Hull's finest have not got round to
questioning me - or even had the decency to telephone.

Any news on Porky's ****-up yet :-)

On 26/01/2012 05:01, Simon Mason wrote:
You have to be *very* careful these days, as some people will soon find
out.
Who do we know who dishes out "homophobic abuse"?

We certainly do. You and Weasel - and its all archived by Judith.



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Dave - Cyclists VOR. "Many people barely recognise the bicycle as a
legitimate mode of transport; it is either a toy for children or a
vehicle fit only for the poor and/or strange," Dave Horton - Lancaster
University

On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:25:05 +0000, Judith wrote:



Porky's

In December 2003, an article was published by the University of
Queensland claiming the hagfish's eye, which lacks both lens and
extrinsic musculature, as being significant to the evolution of more
complex eyes.



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An oft-repeated lie is still a lie.