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BBC Article updated with details "A man who admitted sending a number of threatening hoax emails to three girls schools, threatening to target pupils and staff over the "misgendering" of trans girls, has been jailed."

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SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 22/06/2026 17:20

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0e20ll9gz2o

This went out with no details at all on the reasons or details.

A police custody photograph of Darren Rigby who has brown hair and is wearing a grey jumper over a black t-shirt

Darren Rigby jailed over hoax death threats sent to schools

The 21-year-old targeted female pupils and staff who he claimed were "misgendering" trans girls.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0e20ll9gz2o

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Chersfrozenface · 22/06/2026 17:30

As I said on another thread, I suppose the BBC has made it clear to all exactly what it left out in its first report.

Thus drawing more attention to those facets of the case than if it had included them in the first place.

And raising, in at least some readers' minds, the question "Why did it leave those details out? What possible reason could there be?"

dolorsit · 22/06/2026 17:28

Quite a comprehensive explanation at the end of the article about the update

Update 17 June: This article was originally published without including key details about this case, due to miscommunication between BBC reporters in court and the writers. We have updated the article to explain that these threats were directed at three all-girls' schools, related to the "misgendering" of trans girls and that Darren Rigby identified in one threat as a trans woman.
We have also included further details from these communications which referred to TERFs, targeting female pupils and staff and included threats to use bladed weapons, a crossbow, a revolver, and poison.
Separately, we have also added reaction from senior leaders at all three schools, in which they explain the fear, disruption and upset caused by these threats to pupils, parents and staff.
We have also included comments from Recorder Eric Lamb during sentencing that despite Rigby's guilty plea at the earliest opportunity, this was a "planned and sophisticated plot" which included measures to make him harder to trace, and the Recorder's references to defence submissions which included Rigby's heavy use of cannabis and alcohol, immaturity, previous convictions and refusals to provide medical information for two psychiatric reports.
We apologise for the failures in our reporting.