UK: Two guilty over abusive tweets to Caroline Criado-Perez

[muriel_volestrangler]

Isabella Sorley, 23, of Newcastle, and John Nimmo, 25, of South Shields, admitted at Westminster Magistrates' Court sending the messages over a public communications network.
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Ms Criado-Perez, of Rutland, received abuse after her campaign for a woman to appear on a bank note resulted in Jane Austen being selected for the £10 note.
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She also sent the message to Ms Criado-Perez: "I've only just got out of prison and would happily do more time to see you berried!!"

In a separate set of abusive messages Nimmo told Ms Criado-Perez to "shut up" and made references to rape followed by "I will find you (smiley face)".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25641941

Interesting that one is a woman - so presumably the kick she got from it is just making someone - anyone? - fearful or upset. The man used 6 separate accounts to send the tweets, and the woman 3. They thought it was worth that effort to send the messages. And she, at 23, has been arrested 21 times for being drunk and disorderly.

[Bluenorthwest]

1. Jane Austen ten pound notes? What a fantastic idea.

Are they in circulation yet?

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. No, not until 2017

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25427663

The people the English notes have featured:

http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/Pages/characters/default.aspx

(Scottish notes are issued by each Scottish bank, to their own designs)

[LittleBlue]

2. One of the greatest English language writers of all time

and they have a problem with honoring her on a freaking bank note.

Utterly shameful.

[HappyMe]

3. Senseless asshats.

They had 86 Twitter accounts between them. Throw the book at these creeps.

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. I think it's saying there were 86 accounts that were abusive

including those controlled by these 2, but I think it's saying there were other people behind some of the others (who may have hidden themselves better - it says the BBC found this man by 'befriending' him and getting him to tell them his online gaming name).