MAXIMUM 6 MONTHS SENTENCE FOR CYBER TROLLS INCREASED TO TWO YEARS

    INTERNET trolls who subject victims to sarcastic abuses now to face two years jail term under  a tough British Government crackdown,instead of the present 6 months.This harsher sentences are to be introduced following a rash of disgusting,high-profile cases,including rape threats  made against model,Chloe Madeley last week.Justice Secretary Chris Grayling revealed to The Mail On Sunday that the maximum six month sentence for internet abuse will be quadrupled.
  Miss Madeley was targeted after her mother Judy Finnigan made sensitive statement about the footballer and convicted rapists Ched Evans,a remark which swarmed the blogoshere and generated a great deal of interest in the social media.Miss Madeley welcomes the move,saying that the most sickening remarks amounted to ''online terrorism.'' According to Mr Chloe,''these internet trolls are cowards who are poising our national life.No one would permit such venom in person,so there should be no place for it in the social media. That is why we are determined to quadruple the current six-month sentence..''
  Currently,offenders who subject their victims to sexually offensive,verbally abusive or threatening material on the internet can only be prosecuted in magistrates courts under the Malicious Communications Act,which carries a maximum prison sentence of six months. But the planned changes will allow magistrates to pass on serious cases to the crown courts,where offenders would face a maximum of 24 months.