Henry McLeish: Crackdown on football trolls before player is killed
FORMER first minister Henry McLeish has called for a crackdown on online football trolls before a player is attacked or killed.
The politician has condemned the abuse directed at Scottish football stars in recent months and labelled those involved in it “psychopaths”.
He spoke out in the wake of Celtic captain Scott Brown being targeted last week by a sick troll who joked about the cancer deaths of Brown’s sister and Celtic great Tommy Burns.
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Hide AdScotland skipper Brown shared the “disgusting” tweet - which he received through his Twitter account - to his 99,000 followers on Instagram.