2 months in the monkeyhouse for offensive tweets

A British university student has been jailed for 56 days for inciting racial hatred after posting offensive comments on Twitter about the collapse of Bolton Wanderers footballer Fabrice Muamba.

Magistrates in south Wales sent 21-year-old biology undergraduate Liam Stacey to prison after he admitted the charge at a previous hearing last week.

Stacey broke down in tears as he was taken away in handcuffs.

In sentencing the student, district judge John Charles said there was "no alternative" to an immediate prison sentence, as when Muamba collapsed "it was not the football world who was praying for him ... everybody was praying for his life".

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Stacey's remarks on Twitter as the footballer battled for his life were "vile and abhorrent", the judge added.

The student was reported to police and arrested after posting a number of tweets mocking the player, who collapsed with a cardiac arrest during Bolton's FA Cup quarter-final tie with Tottenham Hotspur on March 17.

Stacey was taken to task by other users after he used offensive language to say that the player had died, prompting him to respond with a tirade of personal abuse.

Student jailed over 'vile' Muamba tweets - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

PC corrective prison?

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Stacey was taken to task by other users after he used offensive language to say that the player had died, prompting him to respond with a tirade of personal abuse.

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Ahh the Internet Tough Guy, he trolled, got flamed, bit like a MF, got pwn3d,now he's flounced

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Stacey broke down in tears as he was taken away in handcuffs.

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Poor Stacey :smileylaughing:

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As Fabrice Muamba, the Bolton Wanderers midfielder who suffered a heart attack during an FA Cup quarter final against Tottenham Hotspur, lay apparently dying on the field, Mr Stacey tweeted: “LOL, F*** Muamba. He’s dead.”
In response to some of the people on Twitter who suggested that this might not be quite the time for it, he proceeded to add:
• you are a silly c**t… Your mothers a w*g and your dad is a rapist! Bonjour you scruffy northen c***!
• owwww go suck a n****r d*** you f*****g aids ridden c**t
• go suck muamba's dead black d**k then you aids ridden t**t! #muambasdead
• go rape your dog! #C**t!
• I aint your friend you w*g c**t ….go pick some cotton!
There are a few more examples of his Wildean mind in action here.
And then, to remind the sensitive among us that it was only some top, top banter – no doubt he would describe himself as the Archbishop of Banterbury – he said:
• only taking the p**s, obviously people can't take a joke

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Wondering if a bigger picture is being misplaced somewhere....

I would not like to be in that shoes of that insensitive TD member who started a thread here of Fabrice Muamba jokes.
The mods here get a lot of abuse , but I'd say they saved that bastard 2 months in jail ! , by MKP ing it

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owwww go suck a n****r d***

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he'll probably be eating his own words very soon.

hardly worthy of jail time though, even burglars are not jailed these days.

It'll be interesting to see what they do to the Asian kid who wanted all soldiers to die. Not 100% comparable but worth keeping an eye on.

There are times when the justice system in the UK issues a completely ridiculous sentencing and unfortunately for this immature young man this happens to be one of those occasions :confused:

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inciting racial hatred

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sounds like he was either expressing his views
or attacking others,
whom exactly was he inciting ?

My god, they're jailing people for posting bullshit on the internet.

I think I'd get about 25 years for my crimes!

Seriously though, very worrying development.

Surely there is more to this story, you cannot jail someone for being obnoxious, surely.

The fascist politically correct thugs are just flexing thier muscels showing who is boss

here's a news story, it's from the same South London tram line
where Emma West was held for about 2 weeks without bail for that anti immigrant rant shown on youtube last December.

BBC News - Woman's eyes burned in chemical mugging in Mitcham

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A woman had the top layer of both eyes burned off in an unprovoked chemical attack in south London by two females that left her temporarily blinded.

The victim, 21, had just left Croydon Tramlink, Mitcham, when she was approached by two women holding what appeared to be a water bottle.

Police said without warning, one of the suspects sprayed the contents of the bottle into her face, burning her eyes.
They then stole her purse which contained £15 in cash.

Despite her injuries, the victim managed to call 999 following the incident at about 16:00 GMT on 4 March. Her face was swollen and she had lost her sigh

The first attacker was described as a black woman with long wavy hair.
The second robber was also described as a black woman, with long hair and a fringe.

Det Con Simon Callcot, said: "This young lady has been subjected to an appalling and completely unprovoked attack which may result in her sight being permanently impaired.
Two people have been arrested and bailed pending further inquiries.

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Bailed ........

I have to say this is ridiculous. While i disagree with any racial comments, this is just another step closure to communism in the west!

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I have to say this is ridiculous. While i disagree with any racial comments, this is just another step closure to communism in the west!

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Yet, much of this type of suppression has been on-going in the democratic industrialised West for decades on.

Doesn't anyone recognise this shit?

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Originally Posted by district judge John Charles

"it was not the football world who was praying for him ... everybody was praying for his life".

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I wasn't.

He should have gotten banged up for a couple of months for even knowing what a "tweet" was - twit.

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He should have gotten banged up for a couple of months for even knowing what a "tweet" was - twit.

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For having an opinion?

Imprisoned for racial posting and not when the Imam rants on the streets of London advising young Muslims to throw bombs. Just what kind of thinking is going on in the UK judicial system?

BTW what happened to the story on the BBC about a racial attack on a woman walking with her baby? Seems someone threw acid on her? BBC dropped that one I guess as they were concentrating on the Internet criminals.

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He should have gotten banged up for a couple of months for even knowing what a "tweet" was - twit.

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For having an opinion?

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Jeez Rural, lighten up! I guess I need to put stupid smiles on my posts for people like you. I wasn't commenting on the content of his tweet. It was a tongue-in-cheek observation about crap like "Tweets", which, like playing with cell phones incessantly, appear to dominate the lives of the great unwashed. Unlike the upper classes, who spend their time productively on forums.....:):):):)

he had been drinking all day
his future prospects will surely take a hit also.
the fascist regime
promoting racial harmony in tribaland.

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In sentencing the student, district judge John Charles said there was "no alternative" to an immediate prison sentence, as when Muamba collapsed "it was not the football world who was praying for him ... everybody was praying for his life".

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What a plonker. Of course there was an alternative - there is a whole fucking raft of alternatives - any one of which would have been more suitable than 2 weeks in jail for being a juvenile twat. I don't agree with racism, but this is just bloody stupid.

And as for the "everybody was praying for his life" -pompous arsehole. My immediate reaction, and probably that of 90% of people who heard about it was "Who?".

The sentence is a bunch of posturing bollocks by the judiciary. Obviously politically motivated. He should have been fined 500 quid and told to fok off, stop being so juvenile and use the internet for its intended purpose - batting off.

yep..

Gobby lollygaggers should learn that opening that fat mouths in public and spouting rubbish is not 'free speech'. We are not all citizen-jounalists.

But they won't learn. They don't even possess the common sense to do it anonymously.

It was certainly very offensive and cruel remarks made by the young man and many people no doubt would agree that he should be punished but 56 days in prison is quite ludicrous given that young violent offenders guilty of beating someone almost to a pulp for no apparent reason can escape a custodial sentence.
The public should rightly be concerned when a judicial system considers the use of words to be a more serious offence than physical actions against a victim.

It is also interesting to note that his reported remarks could hardy be called 'incitement', they were merely statements. To my knowledge he was not stirring up racial hatred which the legal act was designed to deal with.

The Racial and Religious Hatred Act had many high profile actors, writers and comedians (Rowan Atkinson) who lobbied parliament to oppose the bill mainly on the religious aspect on restricting artists from using religion in a critical way. Therefore the offence of using insulting language was dropped from the Act.

I doubt very much that there will a national outcry over this young man's sentencing although i believe it to be very similar to his outburst, manifestly irrational.

Stacey's crime wasn't the racially offensive tweets, it was the blasphemy he commited in the minds of those who shape society. Football is the new religion of the British plebs subscribed by the British elite, and the players arethe prophets or priestly caste, there to be worshiped. Sending this guy to prison for fining him isn't the scary thing, having him villified all over the media, and having it follow him around the rest of his life, for fucking around on the internet is scary. Are you telling me all these people really give a flying fuck about some guy who plays a fucking game? They don't, it is fake sympathy, they are just trying to fit in and look cool, just like the idiots supporting the Kony2012 crap.

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Stacey's crime wasn't the racially offensive tweets, it was the blasphemy he commited in the minds of those who shape society. Football is the new religion of the British plebs subscribed by the British elite, and the players arethe prophets or priestly caste, there to be worshiped. Sending this guy to prison for fining him isn't the scary thing, having him villified all over the media, and having it follow him around the rest of his life, for fucking around on the internet is scary. Are you telling me all these people really give a flying fuck about some guy who plays a fucking game? They don't, it is fake sympathy, they are just trying to fit in and look cool, just like the idiots supporting the Kony2012 crap.

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I'm shocked. I agree with most of that.

Every time some one famous dies the jokes come fast and furious.


All I can say is monkey spunk moped..!

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Every time some one famous dies the jokes come fast and furious.


All I can say is monkey spunk moped..!

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Lenny Henry is dead?????

''Stan Collymore, an ex English football was just one of many Twitter users who reported Liam Stacey’s comments to the police.''


Might that be the same Stan Collymore who used to batter his then girlfriend Ulrika Jonsson punching her and kicking her in the head ?

Ulrika who ''won a court order in 2002 banning footballer Stan Collymore from selling an explicit video in which she was said to feature.''

So that's the kind of scum that 'polices' Twitter looking for things to take offence to and then calling the police ....