Following threatening and anti-gay tweets sent to young British
diver Tom Daley, police have said they are currently forced to
‘make it up as they go along’ in Twitter abuse cases, as the
17-year-old behind the original message received anti-gay abuse
from the public.  Yesterday, police warned Reece Messer who had
initially told Daley on Twitter he had let his late father down
after missing out on a medal at one of his Olympic events.  He
went on to send increasingly violent and threatening messages on
the platform when confronted by other users.  At one point he
sent another user a tweet saying: “i’m going to find you and i’m
going to drown you in the pool you cocky twat your a nobody
people like you make me sick.”  Port Talbot FC midfielder Daniel
Thomas was suspended from his club pending an investigation into
an anti-gay tweet which appeared on his account directed at the
British diver.  A tweet appeared on the footballer’s page which
said: “If there is any consolation for finishing fourth at least
Daley