Two Twitter trolls jailed after sending abusive tweets to Caroline Criado-Perez

John Nimmo and Isabella Sorley jailed for sending threats to feminist campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez

Isabella Sorley has been jailed for 12 weeks for subjecting Caroline Criado-Perez to abuse on Twitter. John Nimmo received eight weeks. The Telegraph reports here. Read the sentencing remarks here. Read a statement by Criado-Perez here. Martha Gill wrote in Telegraph blogs here, 'Twitter mobs are confused, angry and stupid. Police and employers should ignore them.'

For comparison re s. 127 "menacing" tweets, these are the sentencing guidelines for threatening behavior in public: http://t.co/6UfBcrkgM7
— Jack of Kent (@JackofKent) January 24, 2014

Earlier post on this case here.