Boxer tracks internet bully down to his door

Published: 2013 March 13 02:07:19 (3193 Views)

This is the Twitter troll who got the shock of his life when a boxer he had been abusing turned up in his street.

Shamefaced cyber bully James O’Brien has issued a grovelling public apology to professional fighter Curtis Woodhouse for spending months taunting the former footballer on the micro blogging site.

He has also targeted Victoria Beckham, Davina McCall, Katie Price, Lennox Lewis, Rio Ferdinand and Coronation Street actress Michelle Keegan, sending them all vile messages.

Curtis, 32, was so enraged with the foul-mouthed abuse that he offered a £1,000 reward to any of his 18,000 followers who could help him find the culprit.

After his plea paid off he drove 60 miles from his home in Driffield, East Yorkshire, on Monday night to the ‘keyboard warrior’s’ address and tweeted a picture of his street in South Yorkshire.

Mr O’Brien, 24, who was in bed at midday after working a night shift, said: “I really regretted it. You see, all of my mates were egging me on to say things.

“It was just a bit of fun but it got really our of hand. I couldn’t believe it when I realised he was coming here.”

In response to the outrage his offensive tweets to celebrities has caused, he added: “I won’t be doing it again and I would like to apologise for my actions again.

“Now I just look silly.”

Messages he sent to Curtis, who played for Hull City and Sheffield United, included: “retire immediately cant even defend a pathetic little title you are a complete disgrace #awfulboxer”.

After this appeared the boxer threatened to track him down, he tweeted; “chill out pal i was only doing it so you would bite back it was only a bit of harmless fun.”

Then he was left in shock when Curtis tweeted a picture of a street sign on the road which ‘Jimbob’ lives with the words, ‘Right Jimbob im here’, adding: ‘Someone tell me what number he lives at or do I have to knock on every door £itsshowtime.’

Quickly backtracking, Jimmyob88 tweeted: ‘I am sorry it’s getting a bit out of hand,’ he tweeted. ‘I am in the wrong. I accept that.’

Woodhouse - dubbed the Driffield Destroyer - eventually went home, and later jokingly tweeted: ‘Just found out you can block people. Could have let me know earlier, I could have saved 20 quid in petrol.’

Since the drama unfolded Curtis Woodhouse has 5,000 more followers - including Lennox Lewis and John Prescott - who applauded the fight back.

Boxing giant Lennox Lewis had also been targeted by O’Brien who had threatened to give the heavyweight a “knuckle butty.”

The former world heavyweight champion tweeted: ‘Ha! I LOVE this story about @woodhousecurtis paying a visit to a £keyboardwarrior on Twitter.’

And former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott - who once famously punched a heckler for throwing an egg at him - tweeted: ‘THIS is how we deal with things in Hull.

- Mirror

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Boxer tracks internet bully down to his door

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