An Internet troll who was described as a Tartan Jihadist during a trial has been found guilty of sending threatening online messages to politicians George Galloway and Angus Robertson.<\/p>\n
David Llewelyn posted a disturbing post on his Facebook page stating If you ever see him [Mr Galloway] under a Union Jack with a Tory then please shoot him.<\/p>\n
Llewelyn also posted an explicit picture on the social media site of Mr Galloways face photoshopped onto an image of a man having sex with an animal.<\/p>\n
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The online lout also publicly published the controversial politicians email address demanding his followers register the account with pornographic websites.<\/p>\n
The 61-year-old Scottish nationalist then used Facebook to state SNP MSP Angus Robertson and his wife Jennifer should be dumped in the capitals Water of Leith.<\/p>\n
Llewelyn, from Royston Mains, Edinburgh, denied the allegations but was found guilty of amended charges on Tuesday following a two day trial at the capitals sheriff court.<\/p>\n
Sheriff Fiona Reith said she found all the Crown witness to be credible and reliable and deferred sentence to later this month for social work reports to be prepared.<\/p>\n
Mr Galloway, leader of the Workers Party of Great Britain, told the trial he was left alarmed when made aware of Lewellyns post that said If you ever see him under a Union Jack with a Tory then please shoot him.<\/p>\n
The 67-year-old father-of-six told the court the Facebook message filled him with revulsion, alarm and a bit of fear.<\/p>\n
Mr Galloway described Llewelyn as a Tartan Jihadist and said he believed he is capable of anything.<\/p>\n
He added: I had ample reason on receiving all of this to fear he may turn up in my garden.<\/p>\n
Mr Galloway also told the court he was made aware of an image circulating online showing his face photoshopped onto an explicit sexual picture.<\/p>\n
Mr Galloway said: It purported to show me in an act of coitus with an animal. It doesnt get much worse than that - it is grotesque and is totally revolting.<\/p>\n
I have been in politics a long time but I do not think I have seen a worse piece of imagery regarding myself.<\/p>\n
The politician also said he was left horrified after being told Lewellyn had posted his email address imploring his pals to register the account on X-rated websites.<\/p>\n
He said the move had led to him receiving an immediate flooding of pornographic content.<\/p>\n
Edinburgh Central MSP Angus Robertson, 52, also gave evidence stating he became aware of an online post concerning him and his wife in January last year.<\/p>\n
The full message read: Angus Robertson says the games a bogey. Time him and his social climbing wife are dumped. In the Water of Leith.<\/p>\n
Mr Robertson, 52, said: [The post was] brought to my attention by my wife. We were having a scan for our second child and we were at a medical facility in Leith [Edinburgh].<\/p>\n
She was distraught. She was extremely upset.<\/p>\n
I felt that it was threatening and aimed at causing upset and that is exactly what it did.<\/p>\n
Mr Robertson told the court he and his wife were living near the Water of Leith at the time and his constituency office was also located nearby.<\/p>\n
Mr Robertson added: In an aggressive context it refers to the dumping of a body. That is what comes to mind.<\/p>\n
It could have said thrown but it didnt, it said dumped.<\/p>\n
Llewelyn was found guilty of posting an obscene picture with Mr Galloways head imposed on the picture and posting a message containing abusive massages between July 18 and October 24, 2020.<\/p>\n
He was also convicted of engaging in a course of conduct which caused George Galloway fear and alarm by publishing his email address and inciting others to register it with pornographic websites.<\/p>\n
Llewelyn was also found to have behaved in a threatening or abusive manner by uploading remarks to social media suggesting Angus Robertson and wife Jennifer should be harmed on January 5 last year.<\/p>\n
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