Twitter user arrested after taunting British swimming star
LONDON, ENGLAND: According to Dorset police, an unidentified 17 year old Olympic attendee was arrested last night after he ‘taunted British swimmer Tom Daley about his dead father following his loss in the men’s swim race’.
“A 17-year-old man was arrested by Dorset Police officers in the early hours of this morning in a guest house in the Weymouth area,” said a police spokesman reading from an official statement. “He is currently held on suspicion of malicious communications and is assisting police with our inquiries.”
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