Irish Man Fined For Threatening Official On Facebook
Don't post a threatening message about a member of Northern Ireland's Parliament on Facebook or risk a fine and jail sentence.
Note to self: Don’t post a threatening message on Facebook to a member of Parliament or risk a 500 pound fine and jail sentence.
That’s the lesson learned from Darryl O’Donnell, a 31-year old chef from the Northern Ireland city of Derry, who posted on Facebook that Parliamentary Member Gregory Campbell should get a “bullet in the head.” Yikes!
What set O’Donnell off?
According to the BBC, Campbell’s comments last year regarding the Saville Report on Sunday Bloody Sunday, a 1972 event where British soldiers shot 30 unarmed protestors in Derry.
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