Shoudl have been lefgt to the police - if she had broken the law then she could have ben prosecuted. SKY have shown themselves to be no better than the trolls.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/madeleine-mccann-internet-troll-found-4386183

Not surprised. They have potentially cost the mccanns a compensation payout.

[i]linked dna ffs, that's like saying someone is a bit pregnant, it was either her dna or it wasn't and it wasn't. I do wish in an interview though they would be ambushed with the cadaverine question, it's indisputable.[/i]

No it isn't. DNA experts can never say that is X's DNA all they can do give is provide a match probability or likelihood ratio based on the possibility of that same profile reoccurring randomly in the population. It sounds like it may have been a partial match which may just mean DNA sample found hasn't been of sufficient quantity or quality to create a full DMA profile.

http://greptweet.com/u/sweepyface/sweepyface.txt

Quick scan through and can't see anything too bad, she was obviously a bit obsessed with it and very cynical but no worse than a normal CCDA investigation

He's a journo. Will be like water oiff a ducks árse

Indeed guinness, he won't give a flying fig. Absolute animals are journos.

You've completely missed my point on how DNA profiling and matching works.

It depends on what moderate means. The source is useless as 'link' isn't even the right terminology and it's vague as to what it means but if it's a partial match then of course it's worth noting because it could be hers is a lot different from it definitely isn't because the profiles don't match in any way, which was what you were trying to assert.

Sky News despicable scum

I would like to follow Brunt around all day asking why he felt it was neccassary to confront this woman the way he did. I would suggest that anyone who doesn't like what they read on Twitter not to go on there. I would hope the McCanns had more on theior mind than what other people think of them.

For those defending the McCann's just think of that scene in Crimewatch that the police and McCann's allowed to be shown

At Breakfast

Madelaine- Where were you when Shaun and I cried last night?

Kate then tells the interviewer that It was one of those questions that kind of throws you.

Gerry narrates that We made a mental note to make sure that we are really checking, we wouldn't like to think if they wake up and be crying and looking for us.

Most responsible parents would have the discussion and say, we maybe should not go out tonight. At least one of those parents should have thought that.

A 63-year-old woman who was accused of targeting internet abuse at the family of Madeleine McCann has been found dead in a hotel.

Brenda Leyland, from Burton Overy, Leicestershire, was accused of being one of the so-called "trolls" directing abusive messages at the McCanns.

Her body was found days after she was confronted outside her home by a Sky News reporter.

Madeleine McCann disappeared while on holiday in Portugal in 2007.
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Psychologist Dr Arthur Cassidy: McCann Twitter troll had "unusual background"

Mrs Leyland was confronted by the reporter who put to her she had posted messages attacking the family on Twitter via the handle @sweepyface.

She replied: "I'm entitled to do that."

A spokesman for Leicestershire Police said: "Police were called at 13:42 on Saturday 4 October to reports of a body of a woman in a hotel room in Smith Way, Grove Park [in Leicester].

"Officers have attended the scene and a file is being prepared for the coroner. The death is not being treated as suspicious."

Sky issued a statement saying: "We were saddened to hear of the death of Brenda Leyland. It would be inappropriate to speculate or comment further at this time."

A statement released by the Marriott Hotel in Leicester read: "We are very sad to confirm the death of a guest at the Leicester Marriott Hotel and our thoughts go out to the family and friends of the deceased."

On Friday, Madeleine's father, Gerry McCann, told the BBC: "Clearly something needs to be done about the abuse on the internet.
Gerry and Kate McCann Gerry and Kate McCann have been subjected to a sustained hate campaign by internet "trolls"

"I think we probably need more people charged."

He described how he and his wife Kate, who live in Rothley, Leicestershire with their nine-year-old twins, do not read posts about them on the internet because it was too "upsetting".

His interview on BBC Radio 4's Today programme followed the news police were reviewing a dossier of abusive messages about the family on social media, although the Met Police said nobody had been interviewed in connection with the investigation.

In a list of thousands of tweets, apparently sent by Mrs Leyland, none of the messages are directed personally at the McCanns, who have "no significant presence" on social media.
'Love you mum'

However, many are labelled with the hashtag #mccanns which allows them to be easily found.

Dr Arthur Cassidy, a psychologist who specialises in social media, said Mrs Leyland appeared to have a middle class upbringing which was unusual in trolling.

He said: "In this particular case, her whole repertoire of trolling is slightly different from those of well-seasoned trolls because of her uniqueness and the way she has done this.

"It would signify to me that she has been quite a novice at this."

Dr Cassidy said typically, trolls sought and enjoyed a response from their victims but that did not appear to have been the case here.

Mrs Leyland's son tweeted a tribute to his mum, writing simply: "I love you mum and I will miss you forever."

And supporters of the 63-year-old have established a Facebook page, with several people posting tributes and condolences to her family.

RIP ebulGery

How did Sky get her home address?

What I am a bit taken aback about is I've just read a report in The daily Mail online and they haven't said how much her house is worth.

I'd like to see one of these reporters turn up at the CCDA HQ. They'd strip the britches from his backside and warm his heels to Putney Bridge.

I had a bit of a comeuppance thinking about Kate McCann earlier.

ebulGery I think Ken was putting RIP because after criticising McCann's you may be found dead soon.

If one of us doesn't post on here for a few days then the  other knows what's happened

steamship

Guess its difficult getting any money out of her now that she dead....................

I once left my daughter locked in my car in a busy street around noon to dash in and buy a paper, less tan 2 minutes later I was back, I was so freaked out that something could have happened I never did it again.