Airport tweet ‘made law look silly’, appeal told

A man found guilty of sending a “menacing tweet” was the victim of a legal “steamroller” that threatened to make the law look silly, it was argued at the High Court.

Paul Chambers, 27, said he thought that no-one would ever have taken seriously his joking threat to blow an airport “sky-high”.

Accountant Chambers said he sent the tweet to his 600 followers in a moment of frustration after Robin Hood Airport in South Yorkshire was closed by snow in Jan 2010.