British Teen Sentenced to 12 Weeks in Jail For Facebook Comments

Made remarks about the recent abduction of a Welsh girl

Reason Staff | 10.8.2012 11:32 AM

A teenage troll who posted "despicable" comments on his Facebook page about missing youngster April Jones has been jailed for 12 weeks.

Matthew Woods, 19, from Chorley, Lancashire, made a number of derogatory posts about April and missing Madeline McCann after getting the idea from Sickipedia - a website that "trades in sick jokes".

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ant1sthenes 12 years ago

I think we should just let the Germans beat them next time.

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