Twitter troll, 42, who posted sickening messages praising killing of teacher Ann Maguire is JAILED for eight weeks

A Twitter troll who posted abusive messages about the fatal stabbing of teacher Ann Maguire has been jailed for eight weeks.

Robert Riley, 42, of Port Talbot, South Wales, told his followers he would have killed 'all the b****** teachers' at Corpus Christ School, Leeds, where the 61-year-old was fatally stabbed on April 28.

Jobless Riley, a former heroin addict, sent the shocking tweets two days after the teacher's death, showing 'complete disregard' for the tragedy, his sentencing hearing was told.

Swansea Magistrates' Court heard Riley even seemed to revel in his new-found notoriety.

But at the hearing earlier today, Riley begged for leniency.

But chairwoman of the bench Georgina Scannell made no secret of her disgust, telling the defendant she had no choice but to send him straight to jail.

Prosecutor Linda Baker told the court that following a complaint to police, the defendant’s other offensive tweets had come to light.

The court heard that, at the time of the tweets, Riley was subject to an existing community order for an unrelated offence.

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He did nobody any harm so should not have been jailed