Teen arrested for 'cyber bullying' and defamation against classmate and victim's father
Thursday, December 8, 2016 @ 10:59 AM
A TEENAGE girl has been arrested for calling a classmate names on a social network and insulting the victim's father – showing how authorities in Spain are taking a zero-tolerance approach to verbal bullying.
The accused, 16, from the town of Alsasua in the land-locked northern region of Navarra, was taken into custody and charged with defamation and psychological abuse for her behaviour on the network Ask.fm, which is based in the Republic of Ireland.
It was the victim's father who reported the matter to the police, and who revealed that his daughter had needed counselling as a result of the online bullying.
Police heard that the suspect had set up a fake Ask.fm profile using the victim's photo and a username similar to her real name, and apparently made derogatory and humiliating comments when answering threads anonymously, as well as giving fake and very damaging information about the victim's father, pretending it was this girl who had done so.
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