Thanks to milkmilk for posting this on a different thread but it has got lost.
The mother of a disabled child who plotted a revenge attack on a poster who launched attacks on a disabled child via the internet found not guilty.
DM but that doesn't matter - it's an important article.
A mother who joined a revenge attack on a man responsible for a vile campaign of internet abuse against her disabled daughter has been spared prison.
Sylvia Hooper, 52, was described as a ?decent and law-abiding? woman who dedicated her life to her seriously ill daughter Kim Arnold. But she snapped after looking on helplessly as a cowardly bully sent her a series of appalling comments via Facebook.
One labelled her a cripple and said the wheelchair user should be left to ?roll down a hill.?
Another message read: ?Your mother should have had an abortion. She only had you because she felt sorry for you.?
Mr Hooper, 19, punched the bully after his mother said ?hit him? and Berwick was then taken back to the family home by car. He was forced to crawl inside and make a ?grovelling apology? to his victim while on all fours. At one point he was hit on the chin with a rolled up newspaper.
All three admitted assault but denied false imprisonment and the judge ruled that not guilty verdicts should be entered.
He said: ?I sentence you on the basis that Mr Berwick sent messages that were wholly disgraceful and shameful but then tried to put the blame on his girlfriend.?
Mrs Hooper was given a conditional discharge. The two men were given community orders which included voluntary work.
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2028961/Judge-spares-mother-jail-plotted-attack-internet-troll-posted-horrific-comments-disabled-daughter.html#ixzz1Vpq1S3To
Precised down full article on the above link.
Good for the judge, the right decision was made.