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| McCann family subjected to internet trolling over Madeleine’s disappearance | McCann family subjected to internet trolling over Madeleine’s disappearance |
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| The Metropolitan police are assessing a dossier of online abuse that the family of Madeleine McCann have been subjected to over the past few years. | The Metropolitan police are assessing a dossier of online abuse that the family of Madeleine McCann have been subjected to over the past few years. |
| According to Sky News, officers are currently in talks with the Crown Prosecution Service after being handed a dossier of over 80 pages containing evidence of abuse targeted at Kate and Gerry McCann in the form of Tweets, Facebook posts and messages from online forums. | According to Sky News, officers are currently in talks with the Crown Prosecution Service after being handed a dossier of over 80 pages containing evidence of abuse targeted at Kate and Gerry McCann in the form of Tweets, Facebook posts and messages from online forums. |
| The online abuse relates to the allegation that Madeleine’s parents played a role in her disappearance in 2007, including suggestions that the McCanns should be tortured and “burn in hell”, while graphic manipulated images of the family have been circulated online. | The online abuse relates to the allegation that Madeleine’s parents played a role in her disappearance in 2007, including suggestions that the McCanns should be tortured and “burn in hell”, while graphic manipulated images of the family have been circulated online. |
| Other messages are claimed to have targeted the McCann’s other children, who are nine-years-old, and one troll who was contacted by Sky News and goes by the name of “Sweepyface”, said they were “entitled to” attack the couple. | Other messages are claimed to have targeted the McCann’s other children, who are nine-years-old, and one troll who was contacted by Sky News and goes by the name of “Sweepyface”, said they were “entitled to” attack the couple. |
| One message board comment reportedly read: “Those 2 should burn in hell,” while another said: “I’d waterboard Kate and Gerry”. | One message board comment reportedly read: “Those 2 should burn in hell,” while another said: “I’d waterboard Kate and Gerry”. |
| Other abusive messages have included “I hope the McCanns are living in total misery,” and “I want to see them smashed up the back of a bus or trampled by horses”. | Other abusive messages have included “I hope the McCanns are living in total misery,” and “I want to see them smashed up the back of a bus or trampled by horses”. |
| Madeleine McCann went missing in 2007 The dossier, which has been seen by Sky News, has been compiled by members of the public and campaigners who feel outraged at the treatment of the family, and calls on police to take action against the online abusers. | Madeleine McCann went missing in 2007 The dossier, which has been seen by Sky News, has been compiled by members of the public and campaigners who feel outraged at the treatment of the family, and calls on police to take action against the online abusers. |
| One campaigner, who did not wish to be named, told the broadcaster: “We’re very worried that it’s only going to take somebody to act out some of these discussions, some of the threats that have been made, and we couldn’t live with ourselves if that happened and we had done nothing.” | One campaigner, who did not wish to be named, told the broadcaster: “We’re very worried that it’s only going to take somebody to act out some of these discussions, some of the threats that have been made, and we couldn’t live with ourselves if that happened and we had done nothing.” |
| A spokesperson for Scotland Yard said: “We can confirm we received a letter and documentation on 9 September which was passed to officers from Operation Grange. They are assessing its contents and consulting with the CPS and the McCann family.” | |
| The Met reportedly wrote to campaigners following their submission, stating: “In consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service and the McCann family the material will now be assessed and decisions made as to what further action, if any, should be taken”. | The Met reportedly wrote to campaigners following their submission, stating: “In consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service and the McCann family the material will now be assessed and decisions made as to what further action, if any, should be taken”. |
| Operation Grange is the name for the Met’s search for Madeleine. | Operation Grange is the name for the Met’s search for Madeleine. |