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It reminds me of the Fabrice Muamba case [1]:

A student has been jailed for 56 days for posting offensive comments on Twitter about the on-pitch collapse of Bolton Wanderers footballer Fabrice Muamba.

District judge John Charles told Stacey: "It was racist abuse via a social networking site instigated as a result of a vile and abhorrent comment about a young footballer who was fighting for his life. At that moment, not just the footballer's family, not just the footballing world but the whole world were literally praying for his life. Your comments aggravated this situation.

How can a tweet aggravate someone's medical condition beats me.

[1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-17515992




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