Guilty Secrets


The news reports today confirm that Brenda Leyland who was exposed as one of the people behind a campaign of terrible abuse against Kate and Gerry McCann has killed herself.

Now I'm sure that no reasonable person would have wanted such an outcome, not least the McCanns.

How much better for everyone involved if these vile attacks had never happened in the first place, or at least having been exposed Brenda Leyland issued a heartfelt apology for her behaviour and promised to leave the McCanns (and others) alone.

But it seems the poor, inadequate woman could not live with the shame of what she had done and although I can understand that the fact is that she brought the whole unfortunate business on herself.  


Named and Shamed (4 October 2014)



The Times named and shamed an appalling woman who was part of a internet campaign of abuse directed at the parents of Madeline McCann.

Now it is quite shocking that an otherwise relatively 'normal' human being could behave in such a cruel way - mother of two and a churchgoer into the bargain.

So I think it's great that she's been named and shamed in this way and I hope that her local community in Leicestershire send her to Coventry for a while because she should be thoroughly ashamed of herself. 

Web troll who abused Madeleine McCann’s parents is named 


Brenda Leyland, a Goldsmiths student who trolled the McCanns - Sky News


By Nadia Brooks - The Times

A churchgoing mother of two children has been uncovered as one of the internet “trolls” who bombarded the family of Madeleine McCann with vile abuse.

Brenda Leyland, 63, who lives in a picturesque village in Leicestershire, 15 miles from where Kate and Gerry McCann live with their two children, posted dozens of offensive messages about them.

Mrs Leyland, who attended Goldsmiths college at London University, was part of a group of hate-fuelled critics of the McCanns who believe – despite no evidence - that the McCanns had some involvement in the disappearance of their daughter in Portugal in 2007.

Other trolls have posted hundreds of shocking messages over the past few years, including suggestions that the McCanns should be tortured and killed and should “burn in hell”.

Using the Twitter handle Sweepyface, Mrs Leyland called for the McCanns to suffer “for the rest of their miserable lives”.

When confronted about her Twitter comments, Mrs Leyland said: “I’m entitled to do what I want.”

After closing her account when her identity was revealed on Sky News, she later told the Daily Mail that she “regretted” her actions.

Friends of Mrs Leyland in the sleepy village of Burton Overy said that she was “very nice”. One said: “She is an educated and intelligent woman. She shouldn’t be doing things like that. She should know better.

“I think she is retired and she is always very chatty when I see her. She seems nice.”

Another said: “She’s a lovely woman and a very good friend. She’s a regular churchgoer.”

Supporters of the McCanns compiled an 80-page dossier of evidence which is now in the hands of the Metropolitan police. Some of the messages were aimed at the McCanns’ nine-year-old twins.

A Metropolitan police spokesperson said that officers were assessing the contents of thew dossier and consulting with the Crown Prosectution Service and the McCann family.

The McCanns have declined to comment.

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