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Omah 29-10-2010 03:01 PM

Jade Goody website 'troll' from Manchester jailed
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...ester-11650593
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An "internet troll" who posted obscene messages on Facebook sites set up in memory of dead people has been jailed.

Colm Coss, of Ardwick, Manchester, posted on a memorial page for Big Brother star Jade Goody and a tribute site to John Paul Massey, a Liverpool boy mauled to death by a dog.

The 36-year-old "preyed on bereaved families" for his "own pleasure", Manchester Magistrates Court heard.

He was jailed for 18 weeks for sending "malicious communications".
I'm pleased that such people are being prosecuted and convicted ..... :cool:

Mr XcX 29-10-2010 03:07 PM

I hope they rot. LOL

Why would anyone be so pathetic.

Kazanne 29-10-2010 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Omah (Post 3875703)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...ester-11650593


I'm pleased that such people are being prosecuted and convicted ..... :cool:

Me too,there are far too many sickos on the loose imo.something is not wired up right for people to do things like that.

Mr XcX 29-10-2010 03:07 PM

I hope they rot. LOL

Why would anyone be so pathetic.

Shaun 29-10-2010 04:26 PM

seems a bit much.

Stacey. 29-10-2010 04:50 PM

Isn't that like way too far seriously D:

Jordan. 29-10-2010 04:51 PM

Long live Jade Goody.

MTVN 29-10-2010 04:54 PM

You actually get jailed for that? :o

*Delete's comments on Jade Goody tribute sites*

Vicky. 29-10-2010 04:55 PM

A bit extreme...but good that they made an example of them. Maybe others will think and not be so sick in the future.

Shaun 29-10-2010 04:56 PM

Oh I just re-read, the thing about the boy mauled to death by a dog is a bit sick. Fair enough then really.

lily. 29-10-2010 04:57 PM

Don't we have freedom of speech?


No?

Jordan. 29-10-2010 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by lily. (Post 3875951)
Don't we have freedom of speech?


No?

I think theres a difference in freedom of speech and posting videos of a child mauled to death by a dog.....

lily. 29-10-2010 05:04 PM

He didn't post videos of that.

The child was mauled to death by a dog.

He posted nasty things on his tribute page.

I'm not condoning his behaviour, but surely they could have moderated the comments on the site or had them approved before they appeared.

Everyone knows there are trolls online. I'd rather just not let them comment than pursue court action to be honest.

I think the sentence is a bit extreme for the crime.

GiRTh 29-10-2010 05:05 PM

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He was charged under the Communications Act 2003, for sending malicious communications that were grossly offensive.
It's a bit harsh to jail someone for that.

lily. 29-10-2010 05:11 PM

If you looked around the web, you'd find thousands of obscene and inappropriate comments about high profile deaths. Is everyone going to be charged?

Omah 29-10-2010 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by lily. (Post 3875974)
If you looked around the web, you'd find thousands of obscene and inappropriate comments about high profile deaths. Is everyone going to be charged?

No, but anything posted on the internet can be used as evidence against the poster - it doesn't have to be an obscenity, it could be libel, for example .....

Tom 29-10-2010 08:27 PM

Meanwhile, real criminals are getting away with murder, quite literally. The police moan that they're short staffed and low of resources yet they waste a load of resources processing this and then the Crown Prosecution Service have no option but to deal with it properly and then it wastes prison resources too which is already overcrowded

A fine or internet ban would have sufficed

Shaun 29-10-2010 08:40 PM

-agrees with Tom-

-cherishes this rare occasion-

Omah 29-10-2010 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom (Post 3876418)
Meanwhile, real criminals are getting away with murder, quite literally. The police moan that they're short staffed and low of resources yet they waste a load of resources processing this and then the Crown Prosecution Service have no option but to deal with it properly and then it wastes prison resources too which is already overcrowded

A fine or internet ban would have sufficed

Not to make an example, though, 'pour encourager les autres' ..... ;)

Far too many internet users use their anonymity to break what is, under normal circumstances, "the law" ..... :mad:

InOne 29-10-2010 10:49 PM

You get trolls all over. Jailing one won't stop the rest. Oh yeah, and it's the net....

Omah 29-10-2010 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by InOne (Post 3877100)
You get trolls all over. Jailing one won't stop the rest.

Obviously not, but the worst offenders in the UK will be traced and arrested ..... :cool:

Tom 30-10-2010 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Omah (Post 3877078)
Not to make an example, though, 'pour encourager les autres' ..... ;)

Far too many internet users use their anonymity to break what is, under normal circumstances, "the law" ..... :mad:

Making an example, especially over the internet, never works. If it did work then noone would be illegally downloading because people have been fined millions for it yet it still happens. Just putting this into perspective, I was in Manchester Crown Court not so long ago doing some court observations for my Open Uni course and one of the judges (she was lovely) came and spoke to a few students who were in. She was being brutally honest and saying that the courts are made a mockery of because of the police and the prison system. But she told us about another judge who gave a defendent in the crown court (which often shares the same judges as the magistrates court this person was trialled at because they're in the same building) a caution for RAPE. Now compare that to someone being an internet troll and saying who deserves prison more.

Kazanne 30-10-2010 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Omah (Post 3877220)
Obviously not, but the worst offenders in the UK will be traced and arrested ..... :cool:

Anyone who finds humour in the terrible death or abuse of a child in particular has to have a screw loose and to purposely go onto this childs memorial site and spout profanaties deserves everything he gets,the families suffer enough,Why can't this moron find something constructive to do with his time.I'm glad he has been caught and dealt with.

Fetch The Bolt Cutters 30-10-2010 07:50 PM

well this isnt gonna go down well but i think hes hot

Omah 30-10-2010 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom (Post 3879622)
Making an example, especially over the internet, never works. If it did work then noone would be illegally downloading because people have been fined millions for it yet it still happens.

So what do we do about internet paedophiles ? Leave them to it ?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom (Post 3879622)
Just putting this into perspective, I was in Manchester Crown Court not so long ago doing some court observations for my Open Uni course and one of the judges (she was lovely) came and spoke to a few students who were in. She was being brutally honest and saying that the courts are made a mockery of because of the police and the prison system. But she told us about another judge who gave a defendent in the crown court (which often shares the same judges as the magistrates court this person was trialled at because they're in the same building) a caution for RAPE. Now compare that to someone being an internet troll and saying who deserves prison more.

Each case on it merits ..... and the irregularities of legal systems are well-known, but better some law than none at all .....


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