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Tweeter Convicted For Calling Councillor C-Word

  • Wired , Tuesday, April 17, 2012 3 AM

A political blogger called John Graham Kerlen, who writes under the name Olly Cromwell, has been convicted of sending "grossly offensive malicious communications" after calling a Bexley councillor the c-word on Twitter and inviting people to post faeces to the councillor's house. He will be sentenced on 9 May and could receive a custodial sentence of up to six months in jail. The blogger has a long history of dispute with the Bexley Council.

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