William Jeremiah of Panty View, Trelewis, who was 43 at the time, was sentenced to jail by Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates’ Court for sending 79 text messages to Sioned Williams over five days resulting in the breaching of a restraining order. Williams, after feeling sorry for him took him back into her home, following the ending [...]
Posts Tagged ‘ Welsh Trolling ’
Lisa Stapley
Lisa Stapley, from Wrexham, who was 39 at the time, was jailed for 10 months at Mold Crown Court following sending text messages to lesbians who were being persecuted by police officers. Stapley, who was a police community support officer herself, admitted four charges of misconduct in public office, gave out confidential information, including via [...]
Trolling and the law following Fabrice Muamba racism abuse conviction
A man from Swansea was arrested on Saturday 18 March 2012 after posting racially offensive Twitter comments about footballer Fabrice Muamba, who collapsed after suffering arrest during an FA Cup tie. The comments, made by 21 year old biology student Liam Stacey appeared on the Twitter account (@liamstacey9), which was then taken down, but a censored [...]
Liam Stacey
Liam Stacey, who was 21 at the time of his flame trolling offence, was convicted for a racially-aggravated public order offence. It followed a tirade of racist abuse on Twitter after he was rebuked by others after he mocked the cardiac arrest of Bolton player, Fabrice Muamba. Stacey was sentenced to 56 days in jail [...]
Darren Burton
Darren Burton from Cardiff, who uses the pseudonym, ”Nimrod Severn’, is a notorious ‘R.I.P Troller’ from Cardiff in South Wales. Like many R.I.P Trollers he justifies his actions on flame trolling memorial website. He said in an interview, “I think grief should be a private thing – I don’t understand why people who have lost someone [...]
Chuma Igbokwe
Chuma Igbokwe, who was 45 at the time and once the official consul to Britain of the Republic of Niger in West Africa, sexually harassed a colleague by making “disgusting” comments and asking her to perform a sex act on him. Vanessa Turley, who was then 40, was sexually harassed by Chuma Igbokwe both in [...]
Jason John Jenkins
Jason John Jenkins, of Tirwaun, who was 34 at the time, pleaded guilty to sending several text messages which were of an offensive and racial nature. Jenkins was found to have harassed Murat Bora in 2011, between September 28 and October 1. He was prosecuted for racially aggravated under the terms of the Crime and [...]
Jamie Counsel
Jamie Counsel, who was 24 at the time, of The Walk, Cardiff, was convicted by Cardiff Crown Court for “trying to bring the riots to Cardiff” by setting up a Facebook page at the hight of the UK riots in August 2011. Counsel pleaded guilty to inciting violent disorder when he appeared at the magistrates court, [...]
Angela Martindale
Angela Martindale, who was 39 at the time, was found not guilty of harassment at Prestatyn Magistrates Court follow taking retaliatory action against former cagefigher Adam Finnigan. Martindale, who was a mother of six, showed all the signs of someone driven to be an E-Venger. Her actions included threats against the welfare of Finnigan’s children, [...]
Stephen Murray
Stephen Murray, who was 29 at the time, was found guilty at Mold Crown Court of two offences of breaching a restraining order, which prohibited him from approaching his estranged partner Ashleigh Terry, or from entering Prestatyn at all. The order was imposed against Murray by Llandudno magistrates on February 14, yet on April 4 [...]
