Facebook deletes page condemned by Cameron

Killer's memorial site attracted thousands of users.

By New Statesman Published 16 July 2010

Facebook on Wednesday removed the page for murderer Raoul Moat, after Prime Minister David Cameron condemned the outpouring of sympathy.

Moat shot his ex-girlfriend, killed her new lover and wounded a policeman before killing himself when the police tried to apprehend him.

His Facebook memorial page -- RIP Raoul Moat You Legend -- which has garnered more than 38,000 fans, has also attracted the ire of politicians.

"I cannot understand any wave, however small, of public sympathy for this man," Cameron said in the House of Commons on Wednesday. "It is absolutely clear that Raoul Moat was a callous murderer -- full stop, end of story," he added.

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3 comments

Sat, 2010-07-17 11:34 — frank james (not verified)

Hardly "a wave of public sympathy", just a vocal minority of people like Moat who have been spoiled like a lot of bullies are. You meet these types every day who get their sense of self worth from pushing people around. A lot of them working as bouncers, cowboy clampers and private bailiffs.
Expressing themselves on Facebook is trivial; they express themselves daily at the expense of decent peace-loving people.
The silent majority are too disgusted to join a "debate".

Mon, 2010-07-19 14:00 — Stan Pomeray (not verified)

Yet more people indulging in this peculiar hobby of "voluntarily being offended". If you stumble across a thing called "The Raoul Moat Appreciation Page" and you think its content will offend you...here's a brlliant idea: DONT READ IT.