| 13 April 2012 |
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Pair Fined Over Sectarian Facebook Comments |
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Two County Antrim men have been fined for posting sectarian comments on social networking site, Facebook.
Matthew McKenna, 20, and Dean Boyd, 21, posted sectarian comments online including a call to kill all Catholics.
Mckenna, from Lisnahilt Road, Broughshane, and Boyd of Skye Park in Ballymena were handed fines of £400 and £250 retrospectively. The pair were also warned that any future occurance could result in a jail sentence.
The comments were posted on the social networking site during the height of the loyal order marching season in Co Antrim last summer, when tensions traditionally run high.
The case was brought after Sinn Fein MLA Daithi McKay,who was named by McKenna in one post, made a complaint.
District judge Richard Wilson said: "It is comments like this that excite and exacerbate any tensions within this community and we can well do without it."
(LB) |
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