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Police arrest teenager over Tom Daley Twitter message

A 17-year-old has been arrested after malicious Twitter messages were sent to Olympic diver Tom Daley.

Dorset Police confirmed they were looking into a tweet which accused him of letting his late father down.

Daley and his partner Pete Waterfield missed out on a medal for Great Britain when they finished fourth in the men's synchronised 10m platform diving.

Shortly afterwards, Daley retweeted a post which said: "You let your dad down i hope you know that."

Daley responded by tweeting: "After giving it my all...you get idiot's sending me this..."

A Dorset police statement said: "A 17-year-old man was arrested by Dorset Police officers in the early hours this morning at a guesthouse in the Weymouth area on suspicion of malicious communications.

"He is currently helping police with their inquiries."

Tom Daley's father Rob died last year from brain cancer.

Speaking before the London Olympics, Daley revealed his father gave him "all the inspiration" that he needed.

The 18-year-old said: "Winning a medal would make all the struggles that I've had worthwhile.

"It's been my dream since a very young age to compete at an Olympics.

"I'm doing it for myself and my dad. It was both our dreams from a very young age.

"I always wanted to do it and dad was so supportive of everything.

"It would make it extra special to do it for him."

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ETA: He also sent death threats to Daley. Read this article

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atomicdogmeat 31st-Jul-2012 12:52 pm (UTC)

Good one less idiot on the internet.

neonxstardust 31st-Jul-2012 12:54 pm (UTC)

Did he tweet him anything else though? Because though that's a fucking awful thing to say to him, it's not really threatening? Unless being a cunt on twitter is now a crime?

mikochin 31st-Jul-2012 01:01 pm (UTC)

He threatened to kill him. This article is whack for not including that, as it is that threat the police most likely reacted too.

daj_daj 31st-Jul-2012 01:01 pm (UTC)

oh! i didn't know that. scrap what i said then in the later comment.

neonxstardust 31st-Jul-2012 01:20 pm (UTC)

Whoa! Well he deserves everything he gets then.

sassalicious 31st-Jul-2012 07:54 pm (UTC)

he also said he was going to shoot someone else that was defending Tom Daley.

venuswaltz 31st-Jul-2012 01:03 pm (UTC)

When I looked on his TL i also saw racist comments towards Asian people. Most of his tweets seem really aggressive and unpleasant overall.

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cricketgrl 31st-Jul-2012 02:43 pm (UTC)

Seriously, if that's the case then ONTD would be on lockdown lol

forbidden_john 31st-Jul-2012 05:18 pm (UTC)

Threatened to drown him and knife someone else. More power to the social network crackdown in the UK.

leprofessional 31st-Jul-2012 12:54 pm (UTC)

Horrid thing to say, but also horrid to arrest someone for saying something that was not threatening or even bigoted or slanderous for that matter, simply assholish. WTF.

daj_daj 31st-Jul-2012 12:56 pm (UTC)

IA. it's bit too much. he is a complete asshole, but what..they're going to arrest all the basic assholes now?

EDIT: just now read that he threatened to kill him. screw this guy, good job police!

Edited at 2012-07-31 01:02 pm (UTC)

spiffmobile 31st-Jul-2012 12:58 pm (UTC)

I'm pretty sure i read in the post yesterday that he had sent him death threats.

elliecam 31st-Jul-2012 01:01 pm (UTC)

Okay that makes more sense now. The BBC should have put that info to the story, kind of an important piece to leave out.

moob 31st-Jul-2012 12:59 pm (UTC)

the guy was also sending death threats, fyi

sandstorm 31st-Jul-2012 12:59 pm (UTC)

IA. While part of me is happy that someone is being held accountable for being a dick, in reality that's kind of not enough to arrest someone for.

EDIT: Death Threats were involved? Never mind the above then.

Edited at 2012-07-31 01:01 pm (UTC)

where_i_begin 31st-Jul-2012 01:36 pm (UTC)

He threatened to drown him in a pool and also made death threats to other people. It was a really ugly account.

vehiclesshockme 31st-Jul-2012 12:57 pm (UTC)

How did they arrest him for that though? I don't think what he said, while dickish, falls under hate speech.

moob 31st-Jul-2012 01:00 pm (UTC)

because he breaks the law
http://thedigitalreport.net/2012/07/uk-diver-tom-daley-subjected-to-abuse-by-twitter-user-rileyy_69/

vehiclesshockme 31st-Jul-2012 01:05 pm (UTC)

The article should have included the part about wanting to drown him in the pool because this makes it sound like he just got arrested for going, "You let your dad down" which is kind of ridiculous.

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fabouluz 31st-Jul-2012 01:01 pm (UTC)

The boy was also sending death threats and wouldnt stop.

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chuk_is_dazzled 31st-Jul-2012 12:59 pm (UTC)

good, that was such a horrible thing to say, poor tom

m_h_p 31st-Jul-2012 01:37 pm (UTC)

Plus he also sent death threats to Tom and a load of other people

smolderhotter 31st-Jul-2012 12:59 pm (UTC)

WHOA*

jinnycalderone 31st-Jul-2012 01:02 pm (UTC)

lolol, ia.

but i like to spell it whoahh tbh.

la_petite_singe 31st-Jul-2012 01:19 pm (UTC)

LOL, thank you.

evilgmbethy 31st-Jul-2012 02:07 pm (UTC)

yes

elliecam 31st-Jul-2012 12:59 pm (UTC)

Looks like about half of ONTD could be arrested in the UK.

janeeyre 31st-Jul-2012 01:24 pm (UTC)

lol, ikr?

cluelessraf 31st-Jul-2012 01:36 pm (UTC)

LOl!!

fabouluz 31st-Jul-2012 01:00 pm (UTC)

Good! Fucking vile creature.

betgfm 31st-Jul-2012 01:00 pm (UTC)

I am sure I heard on the news that he also sent Tom death threats, but then later deleted them, but the damage was already done.

sassalicious 31st-Jul-2012 07:57 pm (UTC)

especially since screenshots have been taken of them, probably by multiple people

steph_monster 31st-Jul-2012 01:00 pm (UTC)

At first I thought Tom Daley was arrested O_O

charlie 31st-Jul-2012 01:00 pm (UTC)

GOOD, although i've seen some assholeish comments on here at times, so watch ur backs ontd, jk. maybe.

But I was expecting the tweet to be much worse.

moob 31st-Jul-2012 01:02 pm (UTC)

he sent this to someone defending tom, "come on then you cunt i'll stick a knife down your fuckin throat now comeback and stop hiding from me" is that worse?

evilgmbethy 31st-Jul-2012 02:08 pm (UTC)

yikes

mynamehere07 31st-Jul-2012 01:04 pm (UTC)

His other tweets were worse. He was sending death threats, and said something to the effect that he would rather have a "paki cunt" win.

moob 31st-Jul-2012 01:01 pm (UTC)

op you might want to add a link to this article which includes the death threats and the laws he actually broke

vehiclesshockme 31st-Jul-2012 01:07 pm (UTC)

Yeah it's not the OP's fault but this article is super misleading.

dirtyxboots 31st-Jul-2012 01:02 pm (UTC)

I feel bad for tom because the media has hyped him soooooo much. It's made us so invested in him winning a medal. I can't imagine what it feels like to have the expectations of a country resting on my shoulders. I'm still hoping he'll slay in his individuals but if he doesn't medal that's ok too.