Monday, March 19, 2012

Liam Stacey the 'troll' who posted 'racially offensive' Tweet about Bolton star Fabrice Muamba just hours after player collapsed of heart attack

A student today admitted posting sick comments on Twitter about Fabrice Muamba, the Premier League footballer left fighting for his life after collapsing during a game.

Liam Stacey, 21, today pleaded guilty to inciting racial hatred after writing ‘LOL [Laugh out loud]. **** Muamba. He’s dead!!! #haha.'

Stacey was warned he could face jail when he is sentenced next week - and was told he must stay off Twitter and other social networking websites as a condition of being released on bail.

Today Muamba, the Bolton Wanderers midfielder was in a critical but stable condition after suffering a heart attack on the pitch during his team's FA Cup quarter-final with Tottenham on Saturday.

The 23-year-old has been put in an artificially induced coma and his fiancee Shauna Magunda is keeping a 24-hour bedside vigil. Read More