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Alexander Lawrie

Edinburgh woman cleared of sending threatening Twitter message to SNP MP

A Scottish woman who posted an alleged threatening social media comment concerning SNP MP Joanna Cherry has walked free from court.

Eve Shaw, AKA Adam Shaw, was said to have made the threatening message towards the politician during a Twitter conversation with a friend.

Shaw, 28, replied to a news article post about Ms Cherry with the comment “STG [swear to God] I am gonna pop Joanna Cherry” at around 5.23pm on January 22 last year.

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