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15 year-old in court over murder of Leeds teacher

The Crown Prosecution Service have charged a 15 year-old with the death of Leeds teacher Ann Maguire.

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Man jailed for abusive teacher tweets

A man who admitted posting offensive messages on Twitter about stabbed teacher Ann Maguire has been jailed at Swansea Magistrates Court for eight weeks.

Riley leaving court in Leeds on Monday

Robert Riley, 42, was the second person to be charged with the offence in the wake of the death of Mrs Maguire, who was stabbed to death in her classroom at Corpus Christi Catholic College, a week ago.

Yesterday a third person was arrested in Cardiff and bailed.

The magistrate said the messages were also racially and religiously aggravated and could only impose a custodial sentence.

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