I wonder if those people in the public eye who have dared to support the McCanns, and as a direct result have been deluged with messages of hate, will be included in this police investigation.
Quote from Antonella Lazzeri- describing her experience of being trolled.
''When my daughter was six she googled my name writes Sun journalist Antonella Lazzeri. ''Why are people saying nasty things about you, Mummy? she said.
Luckily she was too young to understand what ''whore'' means, but she knew what the other words were, some of which were scrawled over doctored photos of me.
Since I started covering the Madeleine McCann story I have been ''trolled'' consistently in the most horrible, hideous way.
After one really vicious email, I'd had enough and did the one thing experts say not to - I replied. ''Why do you do this? I'm a mother, my child reads this, it upsets her. Why do you do this?'' I asked.
The woman immediately sent me a grovelling reply: ''I've had a bad day, I argued with my husband etc etc''
Really? does that give you the right to do what you do?
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It would come as no surprise to me if the same people who conduct their hate campaign against the McCanns on Twitter and FB are the same people who troll anyone who publicly expresses support for the McCanns. Lorraine Kelly for instance will no doubt have plenty of evidence for the police to use if necessary.
I sincerely hope that prosecutions will be the result of the police investigation. If not then that will be giving the 'green light' to the perpetrators that they can carry on breaking the law with impunity - and the abuse will get even worse than it is now imo. Who knows how far it will escalate - there are some seriously unhinged people out there imo.
