Internet troll who abused Mary Beard apologises after threat to tell his mother

Internet troll who abused Mary Beard apologises after threat to tell his mother.

Oliver Rawlings, 20, used his Twitter account to call the Cambridge University professor of classics a “filthy old slut” and make a highly offensive sexual comment about her.

However, he then found himself on the receiving end of vitriol from scores of appalled supporters of Prof Beard after she retweeted the remark to all her followers, saying she would not be “terrorised” by online abuse.

One Twitter user wrote to the academic: “Mary, if you would like to send a copy [of] @Rawlings153's tweet to his mother, Joanne, I'd be happy to give you the postal address.”

Within minutes Mr Rawlings had said sorry to the academic and deleted his original comment, saying: “I sincerely apologise for my trolling. I was wrong and very rude. Hope this can be forgotten and forgiven.”

He added: "I feel this had been a good lesson for me. Thanks 4 showing me the error of my ways."

Typical of the breed who hide behind their keyboards and would wet themselves if ever confronted face to face by one of their victims.

Except this moron used his real name!

The tweets appeared during a discussion of Stella Creasy's case on Jeremy Vine's BBC Radio 2 show yesterday (Mon).