Pair jailed for sending abusive tweets to feminist campaigner
Isabella Sorley, 23, has been jailed for 12 weeks and John Nimmo sentenced to eight weeks after the pair admitted sending abusive tweets to the feminist campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez.
Twitter abuse pair ordered to pay compensation
Isabella Sorley and John Nimmo, who were jailed today for sending abusive messages to feminist campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez, were also ordered to pay her a total of £800 compensation.
Criado-Perez said in a statement that she plans to give the damages to charity.
"When this has all sunk in I will decide which charity," she added.
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