A Barnsley man has been jailed after falsely claiming three people were ‘paedophiles,’ as part of a persistent social media campaign, causing them to fear that ‘vigilante violence’ would be carried out against them and their families. Defendant Simon Swales made the false claims concerning paedophilia and child abuse against three individuals over a 13-month period. The Recorder of Sheffield, Judge Jeremy Richardson KC, told Swales: “You asserted that three separate people were, in effect,... Read this story
