Internet Troll Sentenced to 18 Weeks in Jail

[Gikoku]

Some people just shouldn't be allowed a computer and keyboard. Sean Duffy, a 25 year-old autistic in the UK was found trolling the Facebook pages of two teenage girls who recently died, one who committed suicide (15yo), and one that suffered an epileptic fit (14yo). He was then sentenced to 18 weeks behind bars and will also be banned from the use of social sites for 5 years.

Sean Duffy caused ‘untold distress’ by mocking a 15-year-old schoolgirl who committed suicide, leaving obscene messages and videos on a condolence page set up by her family. The 25-year-old – the son of a BBC comedy writer who worked with Terry Wogan – also hijacked tribute websites of three other children he had never met.

Reading magistrates heard how the alcoholic, who suffers from Asperger’s Syndrome – a form of autism in which sufferers have difficulties with communication and social interaction – trawled the internet looking for tribute sites. He targeted Natasha MacBryde, who threw herself under a train close to her home in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, on Valentine’s Day this year.

The next day, Duffy trashed her Facebook memorial page, branding the public schoolgirl a ‘spoiled little ****’.

He attached to her tribute site another Facebook page entitled Tasha MacTank Engine featuring a video in which the face of the Royal Grammar School Worcester pupil was put on a train with the theme to Thomas the Tank Engine playing in the background.

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[Quistrix]

"Trolling is an offence under the Malicious Communications Act, which carries a maximum penalty of six months in prison"

orly? :troll:

 

[cheezMcNASTY]

Where the **** were they when that incident with the cancerous kid in New Jersey was taking place?

Why is it more punishable to sabotage a few tribute websites than to make a coffin float out of your truck and parade outside in front of their house?

 

[Aions]

QFT

 

[Tyloric]

Where the f*** were they when that incident with the cancerous kid in New Jersey was taking place?

Why is it more punishable to sabotage a few tribute websites than to make a coffin float out of your truck and parade outside in front of their house?

Different country. :O

 

[Walker]

Different country. :O

Only until the plan to annex the UK goes through, though.

Wait, were we supposed to let that slip? Nevermind, guys, forget I said anything.

 

[Arseface]

I'll give you an ass-burger.

 

[Dark Drakan]

I hope they dont use his syndrome etc as an excuse for his actions. He is just another hide behind the computer scumbag who has no friends and has now ruined his life as everyone knows what he looks like now.

 

[Gikoku]

I'm a little concerned the guy might end up building a large amount of animosity being behind bars for that long, making his sentence rather counterproductive. Not to mention he's only been banned from certain social sites, not the internet as a whole. The use of a learning program or something might do the trick.