Captain Sir Thomas Moore, a former British Army officer, raised over £32 million for COVID-19 relief by taking 100 laps around his garden on the eve of his 100th birthday. Last February, he passed away after contracting the virus himself, leaving a nation in heartbreak. Except for one Twitter user in particular — Joseph Kelly, a 36-year-old Glasgow resident, decided to post the following a day after Moore’s passing: “The only good Brit soldier is a dead one, burn auld fella buuuuurn.”
As reported by The National, Kelly was sentenced to 150 hours of unpaid community service, to be completed over the course of 18 months. He was found guilty of sending a “grossly offensive” tweet for targeting a beloved figure that had been knighted by the Queen herself. The punishment, which seems fairly harsh for a drunken tweet, was actually a concession, considering Kelly was facing a possible stint in jail.
