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  1. DevAdvocate

    DevAdvocate Gigging bassist

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    An internet troll who claimed the murder of Lee Rigby was a conspiracy has been spared jail.Christopher Spivey, of Rochford, Essex, posted a series of comments on social media saying that Fusilier Rigby's killing was made up to provoke anti-Islamic feelings.

    At Chelmsford Magistrates' Court, the 52-year-old denied harassment and sending grossly offensive messages.He was given a six month prison term suspended for two years. Fusilier Rigby, from Greater Manchester, was murdered as he returned to his barracks in Woolwich, south-east London, on 22 May 2013.

    Prosecutor Simon Bravey said Fusilier Rigby's mother, Lyn Rigby, was the first to be alerted to Spivey's Facebook posts. In a statement read to the court, Mrs Rigby said she found his claims "extremely disturbing and sick". Spivey also posted the family's home addresses and private photographs and made direct contact with the family. He contacted Fusilier Rigby's sister, Sarah McClure and claimed her husband, Rob, also a soldier, and Fusilier Rigby were the same person. Mrs McClure said this left her fearing that her family could be targeted by extremists.

    Spivey made the bizarre claims on a website alongside expressing doubts as to whether the Tunisia beach massacre and the Glasgow bin lorry deaths happened. Judge Woollard said: "Families are understandably distressed to have lost loved ones and then find themselves subject to these claims."

    Solicitor Miss Williamson, mitigating, said that Spivey did not accept his guilt and plans to appeal against his conviction. She added: "It may have been unpleasant but it's not at the most serious end of harassment."

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    <doh> Lawyers really are scum. She says this was "Unpleasant but it's not at the most serious end of harassment". I'd love to know what she thinks is "serious".
     
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  2. mrs monacoger

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    Good news!

    Soldiers are just tools of the Establishment. **** 'em.
     
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    DevAdvocate Gigging bassist

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    ****roversial
     
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  4. Girvan Loyal 1690

    Girvan Loyal 1690 Nobody's safe now

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    Baby sea otters are the cutest
     
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  5. mrs monacoger

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    Aye, they look like the gophers in Caddyshack.
     
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    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    Baby tigers are the cutest.
     
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  7. Ciaran

    Ciaran Going for 55

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    Rigbys killing was a false flag to turn people against Muslims.
     
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    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    Naw, that's "Rising Damp" you're thinking of.
     
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    Black Caviar 1 of the top judges in Europe

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    Miss Jones did it and who could blame her,who in their right mind would put up with a perving,stinking,stalking landlord?
    :bandit:
     
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    Girvan Loyal 1690 Nobody's safe now

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    I wasn't calling them murderers at the weekend or booing them from my window. Nope. No siree Bob
     
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    There was a theory that the driver was a muslamist.
     
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    the Glasgow bin lorry deaths <laugh>

    fs <laugh>

     
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    DevAdvocate Gigging bassist

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    Don't tell me they've got you fooled as well?
     
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    Girvan Loyal 1690 Nobody's safe now

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    Osama Bin Lorry

    Made that up myself
     
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  18. Ciaran

    Ciaran Going for 55

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    Na ya didny.
     
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    EDGE. Official POTY 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018 & 2023

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    Dev?
     
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    It's a sad state of affairs when even Eddy thinks you're a conspiracy nut.
     
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