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Trolling On Memorial Site Shocks Australians
Bradley Paul Hampson, 29, was been charged with plastering child pornography over pages dedicated to a 12-year-old schoolyard stabbing victim and an eight-year-old girl who was abducted and murdered.
Prosecutor Fiona Pedersen said Hampson had morbid fantasies of dead children, and when police raided his house they found a file on his computer containing outraged comments elicited by his February vandalism of the sites.
The court heard his address had been widely published by the media and death threats had been made by members of the public, while his only family and friends lived in the town where the eight-year-old was killed.
A Brisbane magistrate ruled that he would be safer in prison, and refused him bail until a suitable place could be found for him to live.
Hampson is guilty of what is called trolling. In Internet slang, trolling refers to the practice of posting inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community.
Hampson is the first Australian to face court for such an activity.
Police laid five charges, including possessing and distributing child exploitation material. The maximum penalty is 10 years in jail.
"This particular investigation raised a lot of community concern," Detective Superintendent Peter Crawford said.
"Clearly the community felt the material that was posted was offensive.
"The Queensland police that have viewed the material were also of the view that this is particularly offensive material.
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