Cyber cops arrest man, 61, for menacing chick-lit MP
Perhaps not an Anonymous/LulzSec kiddy after all
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The Metropolitan Police have arrested a man suspected of sending threatening emails and Twitter messages to Tory MP and Murdoch-botherer Louise Mensch.
The Met said:
Officers from the Metropolitan Police Service's (MPS) Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) working with officers from the Palace of Westminster have today, Thursday 25 August arrested a man in connection with an investigation into malicious communication and threats made via email and a social networking site against Louise Mensch MP. The 61-year-old was arrested at an address in the Gloucester area on suspicion of sending malicious communication. He has been taken into custody at a Gloucestershire police station where he remains.
Mensch took to Twitter to complain publicly before getting in touch with police.
The former romantic novelist who writes under the pen-name Louise Bagshawe said:
Had some morons from Anonymous/LulzSec threaten my children via email. As I'm in the States, be good to have somebody from the UK police advise me where I should forward the email. To those who sent it; get stuffed, losers. Oh and I'm posting it on Twitter because they threatened me telling me to get off Twitter. Hi kids! ::waves:: I've contacted the police via the House of Commons and the email is with them now. I don't bully easily, kids. Or in fact at all.
Sophos spinmeister Graham Cluley, among others, questioned whether such a threat was likely to emanate from an autistic teenager's bedroom.
The Met statement is here. ®
COMMENTS
But, but...
surely, the 61 year old played violent video games?!
Why pay for a care home
When you can get a cushy stretch in minimum security day release prison for sending some emails.
Murdoch botherer?
Please! Drama queen is more appropriate given her reaction to the attempted pieing of Murdoch.
Look at the slowmo part this video for a perfect performance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3SfSBjo7YE
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