Overview
- Barton received six months in custody, suspended for 18 months, following sentencing at Liverpool Crown Court.
- He was convicted on six counts related to posts about Jeremy Vine, Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko and cleared on six additional counts covering January to March 2024.
- One post likened Ward and Aluko to serial killers Fred and Rose West and used a doctored image placing their faces on the killers’ photograph.
- Another post said Aluko was in the Joseph Stalin and Pol Pot category and claimed she had murdered millions of football fans’ ears.
- Aluko said she feels vindicated and described fearing for her safety, while Vine’s statement called the conduct profoundly traumatising.