Internet harassment charge carries only a 26 week sentence

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Nutshell: Rachel Lyne had a brief affair with a plumber, but, broke it off when she found out he was married. Then the plumber turned stalker and his jealous idiot wife joined in. They harrassed Rachel on the Internet by posting on hundreds of sites that she was a prostitute. She had streams of strange men coming to her door until she finally had to move away. She also had a pet vanish and reappear hundreds of miles away.

These two losers, Richard Holman and his dopey wife, Amanda, have been found guilty of harassment and jailed for 26 weeks each. So, that's all you get for doing something so cruel and dangerous over the Internet?? I am appalled at the things people think they can do to another person just because it's the Internet. Any of those strange men could have been insane and could easily have murdered Rachel. Can you even imagine how scared she must have been? 26 weeks?? I don't think so. They tortured this woman for over 7 years! Her parents and friends were also targeted. When are we going to make Internet court punishments fit the crimes? Someone needs to sort this shit out.

You can't simply click it off and turn the other cheek when it's knocking on your door in the middle of the dark night. This wasn't someone she met on the net, this was someone who knew her address because he'd been there in real life. The net was nothing more than an attempted murder weapon, if you ask me. There's no way you can protect yourself from psychos like this. Well, there is, but, you need to purchase a fire arm.