Facebook troll Jessica Cook pleads guilty to defacing a tribute page to Justine Jones

[Italian Outsider]

A MAGISTRATE has warned online trolls the "heavy hand of the law will come down on you'' if disturbing material is posted on social networking sites.

Jessica Chantelle Cook, 22, pleaded guilty in the Gympie Magistrates Court yesterday to one count of using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence, The Courier-Mail reports.

The Gympie shop assistant was charged by police in July after she posted hateful comments and crude photographs on a Facebook tribute page set up in the memory of slain Sunshine Coast woman Justine Jones.

Ms Jones, 22, from Alexandra Headland, was murdered last month and her body was found dumped at the Nambour rubbish tip.

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Magistrate Maxine Baldwin described Ms Cook's actions as "appalling, incomprehensible and absolutely sickening.''

She posted offensive pictures including a headless corpse and a vagina on to Ms Jones's Facebook tribute page.

The court heard Ms Cook created a fake profile and disguised herself by going online under the name Wendy Woods.

Prosecutor Jason Todman told the court Ms Cook was one of the site's administrators and posted "disturbing material" on the memorial page.

He said Ms Cook boasted online that her actions had gained media attention.

Prosecutor Todman told the court Ms Cook wrote: "I got a story in the local paper today, all my hard work has paid off.''

Ms Cook's lawyer, Michael Connolly from Connolly Dore Lawyers, said his client was picked on as a child and suffered mental health problems.

He said she used the internet "as a way of venting her frustrations.''

Mr Connolly would not confirm whether his client knew Ms Jones.

Magistrate Baldwin told the court she could not "even begin to put myself in the shoes of those families'' hurt by Ms Cook's actions.

She described it as a "sick sense of fun''.

Ms Cook fought back tears as she was given a three-month suspended sentence.

If she reoffends she will have to forfeit $3000.

She was released on a three-year good behaviour bond, two years probation and was banned from using social networking sites including Facebook, MySpace and Twitter.

Richard Peter Coburn, 26, from Sippy Downs has been charged with the murder of Ms Jones and remains in custody.

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saddest day in the history of trolling

 

[Colin Gimp]

Re: Facebook troll Jessica Cook pleads guilty to defacing a tribute page to Justine J

Girls are savage trolls. No remorse at all. must of been her time of the month. sickobitch

 

[Italian Outsider]

Re: Facebook troll Jessica Cook pleads guilty to defacing a tribute page to Justine J

My sister does similar things anyways, I should probably warn her.

 

[Colin Gimp]

Re: Facebook troll Jessica Cook pleads guilty to defacing a tribute page to Justine J

yeah facebook is surprisingly incriminating. If they'res ever a weekend brawl the cops will first and foremost check facebook to see if anyone has talked about it. When I went in to the petty crimes court the legal aid had stacks of blown up facebook messages all from harassment charges and whatnot. Trolling shit they don't care about and having masses organized through iirc with something better then a webproxy is the key

 

[Quintastic One]

Re: Facebook troll Jessica Cook pleads guilty to defacing a tribute page to Justine J

This is what happens when trolls refuse to face reality and admit that they ARE accountable for their actions on the internet. Even web sites like this one at IWF, if LKP wanted to when we were all dicking around and posting pictures of his toddler son with dicks surrounding him and shit we could of been busted BIG TIME. But everyone defends their actions saying "It's the internet" or "It's HIAT, get used to it or GTFO". I'd like to see people tell that to a police officer when they come to their door telling them they've got a warrant to search your computer for incriminating evidence against cyber bullying.

 

[Beer]

Re: Facebook troll Jessica Cook pleads guilty to defacing a tribute page to Justine J

This is what happens when trolls refuse to face reality and admit that they ARE accountable for their actions on the internet. Even web sites like this one at IWF, if LKP wanted to when we were all dicking around and posting pictures of his toddler son with dicks surrounding him and shit we could of been busted BIG TIME. But everyone defends their actions saying "It's the internet" or "It's HIAT, get used to it or GTFO". I'd like to see people tell that to a police officer when they come to their door telling them they've got a warrant to search your computer for incriminating evidence against cyber bullying.

As soon as he threatened we all deleted everything off our computers and Mike destroyed all incriminating evidence off the face of the forum. We were safe; but yeah, I know what you mean.

 

[Lady Redfield]

Re: Facebook troll Jessica Cook pleads guilty to defacing a tribute page to Justine J

It IS just the internet but there is still a place to draw the line. Shit like making fun of Wordlife's dead mom is just fucking disgusting and pathetic. It's not at all funny (unless you're an immature idiot) and people should really be ashamed. It's one thing to insult someone by calling them names but to go as far as bringing a dead family or friend into it, wow, that is going far beyond that line.

We are all sitting behind our computers but we are all still human beings and making fun of someone we love who passed away isn't written off on the net. It hurts just as much as saying it to someone's face.

 

[NinoBrown]

Re: Facebook troll Jessica Cook pleads guilty to defacing a tribute page to Justine J

This is what happens when trolls refuse to face reality and admit that they ARE accountable for their actions on the internet. Even web sites like this one at IWF, if LKP wanted to when we were all dicking around and posting pictures of his toddler son with dicks surrounding him and shit we could of been busted BIG TIME. But everyone defends their actions saying "It's the internet" or "It's HIAT, get used to it or GTFO". I'd like to see people tell that to a police officer when they come to their door telling them they've got a warrant to search your computer for incriminating evidence against cyber bullying.

This is why I avoid HIAT.

 

[Lady Redfield]

Re: Facebook troll Jessica Cook pleads guilty to defacing a tribute page to Justine J

This is why I avoid HIAT.

To be fair, there IS a warning stated right there about those who enter HIAT. If people don't want to be made fun of, they shouldn't go into HIAT. If you enter and get flamed, it's all on you for deciding to enter a place where you know what is going to happen.

Still does not excuse people making fun of the dead but HIAT is full of immature shit and it's not like people go in without knowing what goes on there.

LKP's case, yeah, it was a bit Blue, but I didn't think it was OMG TOTALLY AWFUL because it was just a bunch of shitty MSPaint pics of cocks around his kid. Is it wrong? Yeah, I would say so, but it certainly doesn't sit on the same level as making fun of someone who is dead just to try to hurt someone's feelings or piss them off. Penis surrounding a baby is just juvinile lulz and LKP made it worse by not shutting up and letting things go.