An internet troll who posted “chilling” online messages threatening to kill Harry Potter author JK Rowling and Rosie Duffield, who was an MP at the time, has been spared jail.
Glenn Mullen, 31, given suspended prison sentence for posting threatening messages in Gaelic on social media about an author & MP in Jan last year.Handing down two suspended sentences, chief magistrate Paul Goldspring said Mullen’s actions were part of a “modern phenomena” of people on social media sites “hiding behind a keyboard to threaten, abuse or harass people in the public eye”.
The court heard the messages made Ms Duffield, who is the Labour General Election candidate in Canterbury, feel “nervous walking around her constituency, where she was visible and easily accessible”. He also ordered Mullen to complete a 12-month community order, including 20 days rehabilitation activity requirement and 150 hours of unpaid work.
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