[Cherie]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

It is a crime to take or use someone elses identity however,it should be in all cases,of those living and dead this person set out to deliberately use a dead childs identity for some really twisted sick purpose.

Were someone say to claim benefits in the name and identity of a dead person, they would be prosecuted,why should this be any different.
To create something and use someone elses name/identity to do so and then harrass and cause intentional distress to the persons family.

This person is beneath contempt for me, to prey on the dead and cause any extra torment to their loved ones living.
I tell you, if that is not a crime then it should be.

Nicely put Joey, there are levels of crime, of course someone who calls someone else a dickhead on a forum shouldn't be prosecuted but a person who actually goes out of their way to cause distress, who knows what else is going on in their sick minds and when fantasy will play out into reality. A few short sharp examples won't go amiss, just like this one, and yes it probably is a waste of police time and resources but then where do we draw the line, do we ignore anti social behaviour on our streets, who is calling for resources to be pulled from that particular crime?

A Twitter troll who delighted in the fatal stabbing of teacher Ann Maguire has been jailed for eight weeks.

In the wake of Mrs Maguire's death, Robert Riley bragged to his followers he would not just have killed Mrs Maguire but "all the bastard teachers" at Corpus Christi School in Leeds.

The jobless 42-year-old from Cwmavon, Port Talbot, also posted a series of racist tweets claiming Nazi death camp Auschwitz was a "health spa" and suggesting that Muslim babies should be drowned.

Despite a Twitter backlash, Riley, who used the handle @johnriley001, initially revelled in his new found notoriety, boasting that he had the "biggest gob this side of the River Severn".

However, the ex-junkie cut a more forlorn figure when appeared before Swansea magistrates today.

After pleading guilty to one charge of sending a grossly offensive message via a public communications network, Riley begged for leniency.

However, chairwoman of the bench Georgina Scannell voiced her disgust and said she was left with no choice but to send the defendant straight to jail.