UK Facebook 'troll' convicted after comments put school on lockdown

A British internet troll has admitted threatening to kill 200 US citizens in Facebook posts which led thousands of children to stay off school.

UK Facebook 'troll' convicted after comments put school on lockdown
Fri, 26 Apr, 2013 - 12:53

A British internet troll has admitted threatening to kill 200 US citizens in Facebook posts which led thousands of children to stay off school.

Father-of-one Reece Elliott (aged 24) of Fossway, South Shields, South Tyneside, went on a tribute site for a 17-year-old Tennessee girl who was killed in a car accident and left a series of terrifying messages under an assumed name.

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CourtsHeathrowPlace: UKPlace: Fossway, South Shields, South TynesidePlace: TennesseePlace: USPlace: Warren CountyPlace: South Shields Police StationPerson: Reece ElliottPerson: ElliottPerson: CaitlinPerson: Gary BuckleyPerson: BuckleyPerson: JudgePerson: James GossEvent: Newtown shootingOrganisation: FacebookOrganisation: Newcastle Crown CourtOrganisation: Warren County HighOrganisation: CNNOrganisation: FBIOrganisation: Homeland Security
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