Hove MP receives death threat
Mike Weatherley the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade has received a death threat on Twitter after urging David Cameron to act against Vladimir Putin’s recently introduced anti-gay laws in Russia. Mike wrote to the Prime Minister after being approached by a number of his residents who were conc
Mike Weatherley the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade has received a death threat on Twitter after urging David Cameron to act against Vladimir Putin’s recently introduced anti-gay laws in Russia.
Mike wrote to the Prime Minister after being approached by a number of his residents who were concerned about the introduction of legislation targeting the LGBT community in Russia.
The Pink News website published a report about the letter to the Prime Minster today. When the story went live one twitter user with 1,500 followers replied quoting a link to the story and included a message saying “KILL WEATHERLEY”.
“@pinknews: MP Mike Weatherley calls on David Cameron to speak out against Russia’s anti-gay laws http://t.co/1E1b3MooQO” KILL WEATHERLEY — Zebs. (@magiczebras) August 9, 2013
The user who tweeted from Iceland has been reported to Sussex Police.
Mike said:
“Twitter trolls should not be able to make threats when lurking behind their computers”.
David Cameron has yet to comment publicly on the matter.
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