Regular readers of this column - and, indeed, the Mail - will know that I am all in favour of free speech. But there's free speech - and then there's just being a mean, opportunistic troll.
Regular readers of this column – and, indeed, the Mail – will know that I am all in favour of free speech. But there’s free speech – and then there’s just being a mean, opportunistic troll.
READ MORE: Hunt for missing Jay Slater takes new turn after Spanish police reveal they found 'tired and disoriented' Brit hiker stuck in a ravine during their search on holiday island Tenerife There are plenty more who would love to do the same. That is why when cases like Jay’s come along, there is a corresponding explosion of conspiracy theories and keyboard sleuths. They don’t give two hoots about the person concerned; they’re just hoping to cash in. It’s the dark side of human nature, enabled – as ever – by social media.
Even after the coroner ruled that her death had been accidental, most likely the result of slipping down a steep bank into a cold river where she sadly drowned, the vultures kept going, picking over the bones of her case to the point where her distraught family had to issue a statement begging them to stop.
As well as Hopkins, David Icke has piped up, suggesting he’s been trafficked. A Facebook page, ‘Jay Slater Missing’, has already racked up over half a million followers. Ching, ching. I wrote about this last year, after a British man was allegedly beaten to death by bouncers in Cyprus and a 21-year-old died after he tried to break up a fight in Ibiza.
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