What is an 'internet troll'?

[Benice]

Brunt was a liar.

She was not under investigation by the police and had committed no crime.

He and his employers chose what they thought was a soft target,as did the dossier compilers and we know who presented that to the police.

That makes no sense.   How could the police state she had committed no crime unless they had investigated her tweets first?   After reading some of her venomous tweets I fail to see how anyone can describe her as a soft target. 

The Coroner found no-one guilty of any wrong doing - and that included Martin Brunt and the dossier compilers.

Much to the disappointment of many sceptics - her family did  not pursue anyone either re her suicide.  In fact they have made no comments at all.   They have also made no attempts to turn her into a victim or a saint.    That should tell you something.

IMO the police took no action in this matter mainly out of respect for her family.     What she did was nasty - but hardly the crime of the century in the scheme of things.

IMO action will have to be taken against trolls in some way at some stage.    The fact that Sarah Payne for instance -  was forced to close her twitter account because of these vile creatures is totally unacceptable IMO.

[Eleanor]

It is quite obvious that Brenda Leyland was being investigated, so Martin Brunt wasn't lying.

[ferryman]

That makes no sense.   How could the police state she had committed no crime unless they had investigated her tweets first?   After reading some of her venomous tweets I fail to see how anyone can describe her as a soft target. 

The Coroner found no-one guilty of any wrong doing - and that included Martin Brunt and the dossier compilers.

Much to the disappointment of many sceptics - her family did  not pursue anyone either re her suicide.  In fact they have made no comments at all.   They have also made no attempts to turn her into a victim or a saint.    That should tell you something.

IMO the police took no action in this matter mainly out of respect for her family.     What she did was nasty - but hardly the crime of the century in the scheme of things.

IMO action will have to be taken against trolls in some way at some stage.    The fact that Sarah Payne for instance -  was forced to close her twitter account because of these vile creatures is totally unacceptable IMO.

Very sound analysis ....

[Brietta]

That makes no sense.   How could the police state she had committed no crime unless they had investigated her tweets first?   After reading some of her venomous tweets I fail to see how anyone can describe her as a soft target. 

The Coroner found no-one guilty of any wrong doing - and that included Martin Brunt and the dossier compilers.

Much to the disappointment of many sceptics - her family did  not pursue anyone either re her suicide.  In fact they have made no comments at all.   They have also made no attempts to turn her into a victim or a saint.    That should tell you something.

IMO the police took no action in this matter mainly out of respect for her family.     What she did was nasty - but hardly the crime of the century in the scheme of things.

IMO action will have to be taken against trolls in some way at some stage.    The fact that Sarah Payne for instance -  was forced to close her twitter account because of these vile creatures is totally unacceptable IMO.

The silence from her family is deafening.
Perhaps those who are attempting to make capital from her demise should consider them and allow them to remember her as they would wish without the stigma attached to their name and that of future grandchildren by her actions.

[stephen25000]

It is quite obvious that Brenda Leyland was being investigated, so Martin Brunt wasn't lying.

Investigated by mccann supporters who went into hiding afterwards.

The police weren't investigating her.

The mccanns as admitted by BHH handed the dossier to the police.

[stephen25000]

The silence from her family is deafening.
Perhaps those who are attempting to make capital from her demise should consider them and allow them to remember her as they would wish without the stigma attached to their name and that of future grandchildren by her actions.

The stigma is attached to the mccanns.

That's where the case starts and finishes.

[Alfred R Jones]

Investigated by mccann supporters who went into hiding afterwards.

The police weren't investigating her.

The mccanns as admitted by BHH handed the dossier to the police.

If the police weren't investigating her then who determined that she had committed no crime?

[Jean-Pierre]

The stigma is attached to the mccanns.

That's where the case starts and finishes.

Only for a vanishingly small number of "sceptics", Stephen.

 

[stephen25000]

If the police weren't investigating her then who determined that she had committed no crime?

After her death Alfred.

She was picked as an easy 'target'.

[stephen25000]

Only for a vanishingly small number of "sceptics", Stephen.

No JP.

Just for the very few remaining mccann supporters.

Very few

[Alfred R Jones]

After her death Alfred.

She was picked as an easy 'target'.

I said "who" not "when".  Was a dossier not handed to the police before her death?  Did the police throw the dossier in the bin, without further ado?

[stephen25000]

I said "who" not "when".  Was a dossier not handed to the police before her death?  Did the police throw the dossier in the bin, without further ado?

Of course it was.

The police stated she wasn' t being investigated.

The dossier compilers were and remain cowards, hiding behind anonymity.

[ferryman]

Of course it was.

The police stated she wasn' t being investigated.

The dossier compilers were and remain cowards, hiding behind anonymity.

This middle class woman has been unveiled as one of the trolls accused of targeting vile internet abuse at Madeleine Mccann's parents.
Scotland Yard is currently investigating the posting online of hundreds of hate messages aimed at the McCanns, whose daughter disappeared during a family holiday to Portugal in 2007.
Detectives have decided to act after being given a dossier from McCann family supporters which catalogues the abusive remarks – including death threats – aimed at the couple on Twitter, Facebook and online forums.
And Brenda Leyland, 63, who has posted dozens of messages attacking the McCanns using the Twitter handle @sweepyface, has been identified as one of them.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2777145/Police-probe-trolls-sending-hate-messages-McCanns-Detectives-investigate-given-dossier-catalogues-remarks-including-death-threats.html#ixzz3jqpi1vZc
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[stephen25000]

This middle class woman has been unveiled as one of the trolls accused of targeting vile internet abuse at Madeleine Mccann's parents.
Scotland Yard is currently investigating the posting online of hundreds of hate messages aimed at the McCanns, whose daughter disappeared during a family holiday to Portugal in 2007.
Detectives have decided to act after being given a dossier from McCann family supporters which catalogues the abusive remarks – including death threats – aimed at the couple on Twitter, Facebook and online forums.
And Brenda Leyland, 63, who has posted dozens of messages attacking the McCanns using the Twitter handle @sweepyface, has been identified as one of them.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2777145/Police-probe-trolls-sending-hate-messages-McCanns-Detectives-investigate-given-dossier-catalogues-remarks-including-death-threats.html#ixzz3jqpi1vZc
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Brenda Leyland and others names were had their names hands to the police by BY MCCANN SUPPORTERS who took the law into their own hands in a COWARDLY FASHION.

Did Brenda Leyland make death threats ?

NO.

Did she communicate directly to the mccanns ?

NO.

Had she commuted any criminal act ?

NO.

Have the police charged anyone on the list ?

NO.

[ferryman]

So when you said that Brenda Leyland wasn't being investigated, were you lying?

Or were you spouting ignorantly?