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| Subject: Rights violation: UK student jailed for 'vile' tweet about Fabrice Wed Mar 28, 2012 2:08 am | |
| A UK university student has been jailed for 56 days for inciting racial hatred, after posting offensive comments on Twitter about the collapse of Bolton Wanderers footballer Fabrice Muamba.
Magistrates in Swansea, south Wales, sent 21-year-old biology undergraduate Liam Stacey to prison after he admitted the charge at a previous hearing last week. He broke down in tears as he was taken away in handcuffs on Tuesday.
Sentencing the student, district judge John Charles said there was "no alternative" to an immediate prison sentence, as when Muamba collapsed "it was not the football world who was praying for him... everybody was praying for his life".
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/student-jailed-for-vile-tweet-about-fabrice-20120328-1vx5p.html#ixzz1qOBI1ay2
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