A notorious online 'troll' who has written offensive messages targeting Liverpudlians for more than a year – is believed to be a Braintree man.
Essex police are investigating after social media users on Twitter thought they had unmasked "Old Holborn", an Internet alias with more than 18,000 followers.
The user posted crude messages about the Hillsborough stadium disaster and murdered child James Bulger, as well as nasty blog posts about Muslims.
An Essex police spokesman said: "Essex Police was contacted shortly after 1pm on Thursday, April 18, by a resident of Southport who was reporting inappropriate and offensive tweets by a man thought to be living in Braintree.
"The tweets relate to the recent terrorist strike in Boston, the Hillsborough disaster and the murder of James Bulger."
On the Monday anniversary of the 1989 Hillsborough stadium disaster, in which 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death due to police failings, "Old Holborn" took to twitter.
The user wrote: "Liverpool has not let me down tonight. Bravo you child killing benefits addicted socialist monsters of the welfare state. I SALUTE YOU."
Another read: "I remember the day, 24 years ago, when 2,000 drunken Scousers trampled their mates to death to watch thick millionaires play football."
Only yesterday, Formby mother Anne Williams, 62, died of cancer after dedicating her life to battling a flawed 'accidental' verdict of her 15-year-old son's death at the Sheffield stadium incident.
Through a blog, Old Holborn has written: "We all know most crime is committed by ****s and Islamists, sure."
Old Holborn has previously defended his messages on the grounds of free speech.
Essex police are investigating after social media users on Twitter thought they had unmasked "Old Holborn", an Internet alias with more than 18,000 followers.
The user posted crude messages about the Hillsborough stadium disaster and murdered child James Bulger, as well as nasty blog posts about Muslims.
An Essex police spokesman said: "Essex Police was contacted shortly after 1pm on Thursday, April 18, by a resident of Southport who was reporting inappropriate and offensive tweets by a man thought to be living in Braintree.
"The tweets relate to the recent terrorist strike in Boston, the Hillsborough disaster and the murder of James Bulger."
On the Monday anniversary of the 1989 Hillsborough stadium disaster, in which 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death due to police failings, "Old Holborn" took to twitter.
The user wrote: "Liverpool has not let me down tonight. Bravo you child killing benefits addicted socialist monsters of the welfare state. I SALUTE YOU."
Another read: "I remember the day, 24 years ago, when 2,000 drunken Scousers trampled their mates to death to watch thick millionaires play football."
Only yesterday, Formby mother Anne Williams, 62, died of cancer after dedicating her life to battling a flawed 'accidental' verdict of her 15-year-old son's death at the Sheffield stadium incident.
Through a blog, Old Holborn has written: "We all know most crime is committed by ****s and Islamists, sure."
Old Holborn has previously defended his messages on the grounds of free speech.
