A teenager has been arrested by police investigating abuse of Team GB diver Tom Daley on Twitter.
After coming fourth in the men's synchronised 10m platform diving event on Monday, the 18-year-old received a message telling him he had let down his father.
Daley's father Rob died in 2011 from brain cancer.
A 17-year-old boy was arrested at a guest house in the Weymouth area on suspicion of malicious communications.
Daley responded to the tweet by posting: "After giving it my all...you get idiot's sending me this..."
The user, Rileyy69, posted a later tweet apologising for the comment before the Twitter account was suspended.
There was support for Daley on the site from fans and other competitors.
Daley's partner Pete Waterfield tweeted: "For all the haters out there, come do what we do then have ur say"
Open water swimmer Keri-Anne Payne also posted: "Ignore the idiots! Not worth it."
After the synchronised diving disappointment, Waterfield said he apologised to his diving partner after an error cost them a chance of an Olympic medal.
"After that dive [a reverse three-and-a-half somersault], I said sorry, but Tom told me not to worry," he said.
Daley and Waterfield came fourth in the event
Source: BBC News
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31-07-2012, 07:31 AM #1
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31-07-2012, 08:50 AM #2
Saw this trending worldwide on my Twitter. Is this troll guy an adult film star? LOL. I looked at his profile and it seems fairly sexual and there's also a link to an adult site..
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31-07-2012, 09:04 AM #4
Target a celebrity - get arrested!
Target a normal civilian - nothing happens!
Typical really isn't it. If telling someone they let their dad down is an arrestable offence why are 'Beliebers' and 'Directioners' (not all, just some) allowed to tell people to go and die just for not supporting their idols? As much as I don't think it's right, they shouldn't be more lenient towards celebs when other people get by with no consequences whatsoever. It's just not good enough.
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31-07-2012, 09:31 AM #5
Exactly what I've been thinking.
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If they can't handle the tweets, don't have Twitter, simple.
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31-07-2012, 09:33 AM #6
There was more tweets than that. Some included threats that he would come and personally drown him.
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31-07-2012, 09:34 AM #7
I'm pretty sure it was the amount of people who got involved with re-tweets, making people aware that then the Police got involved. Not that Tom went to the Police straight away over the matter. Plus threatening to drown someone isn't exactly nice or normal.
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31-07-2012, 09:46 AM #8
The tweets were much more than his "you let your dad down" message to Daley. He threatened to kill/beat up multiple people
Examples:
"i dont give a *REMOVED* bruv i'm gonna drown him and i'm gonna shoot you he failed why you supporting him you *REMOVED*"
"shut your dirty little mouth you *REMOVED* i'm going to kill you when your back trust me"
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He threatened to drown him, are you sure you read everything? Originally Posted by Zak
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31-07-2012, 11:10 AM #10
Not really breaking news, it's just a person who wants their 15 minutes of fame for whatever reason.
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