A Lurgan man who posted a 'grossly offensive' animated image of murder victim Natalie McNally singing a James brown song was handed a 12-month sentence. | UTV News
A Lurgan man who posted a "grossly offensive" animated image of murder victim Natalie McNally singing a James Brown song has been jailed.Withers claimed he posted the video of the recently murdered mum-to-be to “lighten the mood".However, Judge Patrick Lynch KC warned that “those who skulk in the safety of their own home and disseminate offensive material must realise the abhorrence that engenders in the public".
Rehearsing the facts of the Crown case on Friday, Judge Lynch outlined how police received a complaint from Ms McNally's cousin regarding a Facebook comment from an account named 'John John'. “I can’t understand why someone would want to post such a horrible thing at such a difficult time for the family,” she told police.
Claiming that he did not intend to cause any upset, Withers told police “I’m just different - I’m a one man band.” Judge Lynch highlighted a passage in the police interview where Withers told police “I think people are too oversensitive to things like this” but he also accepted that the family would find the video upsetting.
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