Student Jailed For 56 Days Over Racist Fabrice Muamba Tweets
Student Liam Stacey has been sentenced to 56 days in prison for posting offensive comments to Twitter after the on-pitch collapse of Bolton Wanderers footballer Fabrice Muamba.
21-year old Stacey, a second-year biology student at Swansea University, was arrested after his taunting tweets were reported to police, admitting incitement to racial hatred.
The court heard how Stacey posted the offensive comments shortly after Muamba collapsed during the FA Cup quarter-final on March 17. Police received complaints about Stacey’s remarks from Twitter users across Britain, including former England striker Stan Collymore.
When questioned, Stacey claimed to have been drinking heavily, and that he had tried to delete his Twitter profile, texting a friend to say, “I said something about Muamba that I shouldn’t have and tweeted back to some people who abused me.
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