All posted by one sick tweeter and if I recall these were the only tweets made from that account with no previous history of posting anything McCann related. A real troll. Should they have been investigated and charged? Had the Express tracked them down and exposed their RL identity would you have been disgusted by the paper’s actions? Rhetorical question, no answers demanded or expected.
So you were following Brenda Leyland's case closely then Vertigo Swirl. So what are your thoughts on her being a "troll". I imagine that is what hurt her the most as from what I can see she was a lovely caring woman who simply disbelieved the McCanns and felt that she needed to take to twitter to put her point across and perhaps discuss with other like minded people.
I think the use of the word "troll" was totally over the top when you consider Brenda Leyland's tweets yet the UK media descended on her like a pack of hyenas crying "troll, troll" for days on end.
What she posted was unpleasant and not complimentary to the McCanns but from what I remember most of her posts were targeted towards the McCann supporter tweeters in which she got involved with what appears to be slanging matches between her and the supporters.
Either way I don't believe she was or should have been called a troll.
Personally I don't consider Brenda a troll just someone who felt very strongly about the McCann case and wanted to put her point across, albeit in an unpleasant way at times.
As we know she didn't break any laws nor make any threats so I believe Martin Brunt and the dossier gang should all feel guilty for being part of the machine that drove her to take her own life.
ETA I see it appears that Vertigo Swirl DOES get about a bit.
