An Internet troll who was described as a “Tartan Jihadist” during a trial has been found guilty of sending threatening online messages to politicians George Galloway and Angus Robertson.
David Llewelyn posted a “disturbing” post on his Facebook page stating “If you ever see him [Mr Galloway] under a Union Jack with a Tory then please shoot him”.
Llewelyn also posted an explicit picture on the social media site of Mr Galloway’s face photoshopped onto an image of a man having sex with an animal.
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The online lout also publicly published the controversial politician’s email address demanding his followers register the account with pornographic websites.
The 61-year-old Scottish nationalist then used Facebook to state SNP MSP Angus Robertson and his wife Jennifer should be “dumped” in the capital’s Water of Leith.
Llewelyn, from Royston Mains, Edinburgh, denied the allegations but was found guilty of amended charges on Tuesday following a two day trial at the capital’s sheriff court.
Sheriff Fiona Reith said she found all the Crown witness to be “credible and reliable” and deferred sentence to later this month for social work reports to be prepared.
Mr Galloway, leader of the Workers Party of Great Britain, told the trial he was left “alarmed” when made aware of Lewellyn’s post that said “If you ever see him under a Union Jack with a Tory then please shoot him”.
The 67-year-old father-of-six told the court the Facebook message filled him with “revulsion, alarm and a bit of fear”.
Mr Galloway described Llewelyn as a “Tartan Jihadist” and said he believed he “is capable of anything”.
He added: “I had ample reason on receiving all of this to fear he may turn up in my garden.”
Mr Galloway also told the court he was made aware of an image circulating online showing his face photoshopped onto an explicit sexual picture.
Mr Galloway said: “It purported to show me in an act of coitus with an animal. It doesn’t get much worse than that - it is grotesque and is totally revolting.
“I have been in politics a long time but I do not think I have seen a worse piece of imagery regarding myself.”
The politician also said he was left “horrified” after being told Lewellyn had posted his email address imploring his pals to register the account on X-rated websites.
He said the move had led to him receiving “an immediate flooding of pornographic content”.
Edinburgh Central MSP Angus Robertson, 52, also gave evidence stating he became aware of an online post concerning him and his wife in January last year.
The full message read: “Angus Robertson says the game’s a bogey. Time him and his social climbing wife are dumped. In the Water of Leith.”
Mr Robertson, 52, said: “[The post was] brought to my attention by my wife. We were having a scan for our second child and we were at a medical facility in Leith [Edinburgh].
“She was distraught. She was extremely upset.
“I felt that it was threatening and aimed at causing upset and that is exactly what it did.”
Mr Robertson told the court he and his wife were living near the Water of Leith at the time and his constituency office was also located nearby.
Mr Robertson added: “In an aggressive context it refers to the dumping of a body. That is what comes to mind.
“It could have said ‘thrown’ but it didn’t, it said ‘dumped’.”
Llewelyn was found guilty of posting an obscene picture with Mr Galloway’s’ head imposed on the picture and posting a message containing abusive massages between July 18 and October 24, 2020.
He was also convicted of engaging in a course of conduct which caused George Galloway fear and alarm by publishing his email address and inciting others to register it with pornographic websites.
Llewelyn was also found to have behaved in a threatening or abusive manner by uploading remarks to social media suggesting Angus Robertson and wife Jennifer should be harmed on January 5 last year.
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