Twitter Trolls Who Threatened Chloe Madeley Could Face Up to Two Years in Jail

Internet users who have threatened Chloe Madeley with rape threats could face up to two years in jail according to Sky News. Chloe (27) received the threats after she defended her mother Judy’s comments about rape on Loose Women. Judy Finnigan hit the headlines when she made the controversial comments about footballer Ched Evans. “While I respect the opinions of those saying my mother was ‘right’, I feel I must clear something up… my mother was voicing an opinion on the matter of criminals being accepted back into society. The comments she made to the case in question were facts, not opinions,” Chloe said in defence of her mother. “To believe that my mother is pro ‘non violent rape’ is ridiculous and I am shocked that so many people have jumped to this conclusion. To the trolls wishing rape on me, stop, you are utterly pathetic,” she continued. Judy made the comments on 'Loose Women'. Chloe had been subjected to numerous threats on Twitter and then told the Mail on Sunday: “It needs to be accepted that physical threats should not fall under the ‘freedom of speech’ umbrella. It should be seen as online terrorism and it should be illegal.” Her statement comes in the wake of the Justice Secretary Chris Grayling branding the rape threats as “terrible”. According to Sky News, he now plans to unveil new plans to tackle online abuse. Mr Grayling revealed that online trolls who abusively target people could now face up to two years in jail. “We already have offences in place to deal with this appalling behaviour, but we’ve toughened up the law to make sure these crimes can be properly investigated and those who commit the most serious offences face a longer prison sentence,” he said. At the moment, cases of this kind face a maximum sentence of six months.