Haters' favorite Spivey is now up in court for his harrassment of Lee Rigby's family - Verdict GUILTY

Chris Spivey, 52, from Rochford, Essex, allegedly made a string of outrageous claims about Lee Rigby, including that his murder was a hoax

A conspiracy theorist claimed Lee Rigby's murder was a hoax and taunted his family by publishing their address online, a court has heard.
Chris Spivey, 52, allegedly made a string of outrageous claims about the soldier, including that his family were involved in a conspiracy with M15 to incite anti-Islamic propaganda.
The court heard how the tattoo artist and self-styled internet journalist even claimed that Fusilier Rigby did not exist and that his relatives had doctored their family pictures. He also allegedly accused the 25-year-old of being a rapist and said his wife Amy West was involved in the 'hoax'.
Chelmsford Magistrates' Court heard how Spivey made the bizarre accusations on his website where he regularly publishes opinions about world events.
The court heard how he first began taunting Fusilier Rigby's mother the day after her son was murdered in Woolwich, south east London, in May 2013.
The 25-year-old was off duty when he was attacked and killed by Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale.
The killers told passers-by they had murdered a soldier to avenge the deaths of Muslims by the British armed forces. They have since been jailed for life.

Tony Abell, prosecuting, told how Mr Spivey, from Rochford, Essex, claimed on his website that a family photo featured in an interview with Mrs Rigby had been altered on Photoshop.
He added: 'The comments asserted that the picture was Photoshopped. There were also details of the address which Lyn Rigby lives as well as details of the address of Lee Rigby's sister, Sarah.
'There were photos of members of the Rigby family, including Lyn Rigby's grandchildren, which she believed were private.
'She said there were private and he should not have been able to obtain them from her account.'

In July 2013, Mrs Rigby was alerted to Spivey's alleged claims that her son never actually existed.
In a statement of evidence read out in court, Lyn Rigby said she found it 'extremely disturbing' and 'sick' and she felt 'totally invaded'.
She added: 'I found it unbelievable that anybody could be so nasty.'
The court heard how photographs of Fusilier Rigby's wedding also appeared on Spivey's website.

http://www.southendstandard.co.uk/news/echo/13523168.Blogger_guilty_of_harassing_Lee_Rigby_s_family/

Christopher Spivey from Rochford found guilty at Lee Rigby trial



AN INTERNET blogger has been found guilty of harassing the family of soldier Lee Rigby.

Tattooist Christopher Spivey, 52, of Rochford Garden Way, Rochford, left the family fearing for their safety after claiming Mr Rigby's murder in Woolwich in May 2013 was a hoax.

Spivey posted a suggestion that Mr Rigby was a rapist, as well as photographs of his mum Lyn Rigby's and sister Sara McClure's addresses.

Spivey was found guilty of two counts of harassment and two counts of malicious communication.

Thanks to Myths for this:

Re: Chris Spivey in Court
Postby Truthiness2 » Fri Jul 31, 2015 6:25 pm

His mates are busily red flagging comments on the Mail

Yup - and boasting about it on the sh*t's bog:

The Daily Fail have their article up about today’s hearing and are saying Chris has been found guilty and will be jailed. I had to search and search to find the article hidden a long way down their site.
They are taking comments – 5 at present – all saying nasty things about Chris. I red arrowed all 5, so they have 1 red arrow each. Will be interesting to see how the Daily Fail deal with the green/red arrow adjustments we know they carry out in order to sway opinion.

Louise I agree lets storm this bloody judge with so many f-ing emails/ letters of our disgust at the sentence of guilty……. what a damn bloody ASS the law is. xxx

And whilst we are on the subject of fake personas, I never did get to report on Brenda Leyland, the so called McCann troll who allegedly topped herself over the furor she caused.

It is however true to say that I never bought into the old fanny. I mean, why the feck did she go to a posh Marriott hotel to top herself?

If indeed she did top herself. I mean, nobody seems to know how she died.

Mind you, according to the Express, Brenda’s body “was found at the Marriott Hotel in Leicester where she had fled to after being identified as the sender of tweets expressing her views on the Madeleine mystery”. Source

Now that sort of implies that she was being besieged by trolls out to kill her, yet despite myself appearing in the National press, on the receiving end of bad publicity, I have had no one come round looking to do me harm.*******

Indeed, I was splashed over the front page of the Southend Echo – a newspaper with a large readership – yet no one to date has confronted me about my Rigby allegations… In fact, I would have welcomed Martin Brunt from Sky News confronting me in the same way that he confronted Brenda.

Furthermore, does staying at a Marriott Hotel give you anonymity? It certainly doesn’t as far as I am concerned.

Conveniently, Brenda is described as being a lonely divorcee, who lived alone although she apparently has a son who lives in LA… In other words, no one to ask too many awkward questions… So why didn’t she kill herself at home?

I mean, she can hardly have been bothered about her suicide affecting the value of her house, can she? … Can she?

It is also mighty strange that Brenda only appeared on the electoral roll in 2014, yet she had supposedly lived in her house for the last 12 years.

Course, if Jackiey was playing Brenda, this would explain why there was a need to dub her voice in the Martin Brunt, Sky New film footage.
I mean, obviously Jackiey is no actress, which is also in keeping with how wooden Brenda is carrying on in the strange piece of footage.

Course, Jackiey has a crippled left arm and  tattoos on her upper and lower right arm – whereas Brenda doesn’t.

However, having said that, I could quite easily photo-shop those tattoos out so it would be an absolute piece of piss for someone who does it for a living.

Date Published:
July 30, 2015
 Story by Newsdesk
Blogger who claims Lee Rigby murder was “hoax” appears in court on harassment charge

A ROCHFORD blogger who claimed that the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby in Woowich was “a hoax” and an MI5 conspiracy went on trial today accused of harassing Lee Rigby’s family.

One of the postings at the centre of the case read: “Lee Rigby and his criminal family are made out to be national treasures. They are not and never will be.”

Christopher Spivey, 52, of Rochford, who describes himself as an investigative internet journalist specialising in disproving certain events, posted comments and details on his Facebook page and his website about the soldier’s mother Lyn Rigby and his sister Sara McClure.

They started the day after Lee Rigby was murdered in a street in Woolwich on 22 May 2013.

He claims that in fact Lee Rigby either “never existed” or that his sister’s partner Robert Sargeant looks like Lee Rigby and was in fact Lee.

Spivey, who is on trial at Chelmsford Magistrates Court, also suggested that Fusilier Rigby’s family “are involved in a conspiracy with MI5″.

In February last year Michael Adebolajo, 29, and Michael Adeowale, 22, were jailed for life for the murder of Lee Rigby, who served with the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, following a trial.

Spivey, of Rochford Garden Way, Rochford, pleads not guilty to two charges of harassment and two of sending grossly offensive or menacing messages by public communication.

The charges allege that Spivey harassed Lyn Rigby by publishing material that the murder of her son was a hoax; that Robert Sergeant was in fact Lee Rigby; that Spivey published photos of Lyn’s address, details of her grandchildren; suggested that Lee either never existed or that the family was in a conspiracy with MI5.

He also suggested that the soldier was a rapist and stated that a family friend, Gavin Vitler, visited Mrs Rigby’s a week before his postings, on 15 July 2014.

The second harassment concerns his sister Sara McClure. It alleges that the murder of her brother was a hoax ;that he published  photos of her home address, of her children and their names, of Lee and her partner Robert Sergeant.

It accuses Spivey of asserting that the two men are of similar appearance and that Mr Sergeant “was Lee Rigby”. He published a photo showing both in the same battalion.

The last two charges are alternatives and allege that he sent offensive or menacing messages by public communication relating to the assertion that Lee Rigby was a rapist and that his death was a hoax.

All the offences are said to have happened between 23 May 2013 and 11  November 2014.

Prosecutor Tony Abell told District Judge John Woollard that the comments and postings  crossed the line.

Spivey claimed he has a right to freedom of speech but the prosecutor told the judge :  “The combination of postings, containing a mixture of insensitive and unsavoury remarks about the Rigby family, bizarre assertions around the murder and publication of the details of two of the family’s homes, cannot be justified under freedom of speech.

“They were unreasonable and oppressive and amount to harassment.”

A statement by Mrs Lyn Rigby’s was read to the court. In it she spoke of how Spivey continually made comments that her son’s death was a hoax. He gave details of the family, including her and her daughter’s home addresses and photos of family members, including her grandchildren.

There was also a mock Sun newspaper front page claiming that Lee’s murder was a hoax.

“The messages posted are extremely distressing and also worrying as he has shown where we live to anyone who looks at his site,” said Mrs Rigby’s statement.

“In further postings comments include suggesting either Lee never existed or we are involved in a cover up with MI5. And he makes comments that Lee is a rapist and links to other males with the Rigby name.

“I do believe he may be having our address watched by someone as he mentioned that a friend of Lee, called Gavin Vitler visited our address which was true.”

Mrs Rigby stated that Spivey posted photos of Lee with his son Jack and she couldn’t understand how he had got them. Her Facebook page settings were private.

“It’s one I have on my page, particularly Lee holding Jack. This made me distressed. It brought me to tears.”

She added: “I found this sickening. My privacy had been totally invaded. It was very upsetting to see my grandchildren in this way. They should be protected.”

Mrs Rigby said she saw on Spivey’s Facebook page a photo of Lee’s funeral and of his wedding.

She said : “It was a happy day in his life. I found this heart wrenching. This should have been one of our happy memories of Lee and Spivey has destroyed it all.

“The comments he has made about his death being a hoax is beyond belief. To say this is false is truly awful. We were just starting to turn a corner and I don’t feel safe at all.”

Mr Abell said Spivey contacted Lee Rigby’s sister Sara McClure via Facebook and she did look at his website – www.chrisspivey.org** - and found his comments about the  murder being a hoax “weird.”
** Now closed down
She later saw further postings with photos of her home address and of her children and naming them. There were also photos of Lee and her partner Robert Sargeant implying that Robert was Lee.

She found it “really scary” that information had been disclosed on social media about them for anyone to see. It made her feel unsafe in her own home and concerned that her partner and their children might have been put at risk.

Ms McClure, in her statement which was read out wrote :  “Lee and Rob were in the same battalion. It’s really concerning as a group of people with similar views to those who killed Lee now know that Rob is from the same battalion as Lee and where he lives. I now don’t feel safe in the house and want to move.”

The court was told that Mr Vitler was asked by Spivey to befriend him on Facebook saying he was a tattooist for bikers. He asked a series of questions which Mr Vitler didn’t respond to.

A friend of Sara McClure, Chris Amos, did accept Spivey as a Facebook friend because he was angry about pictures posted. He answered 60 questions because he wanted to put the record straight, the court heard.

He stopped contact after Spivey allegedly sent him a threatening message which was: “No matter what you have been promised they will kill you no more.”

Police arrested Spivey for harassment on 30 July last year. He claimed to be an investigative journalist specialising in disproving certain world events. He admitted being the author of all posts on his website and of a number of the Facebook posts.

The prosecutor said Spivey said he was not responsible for the mock up Sun front page.

He said he had been studying Lee Rigby’s background for over a year and claimed he obtained photos by going to Facebook and clicking on them. He claimed they were not private.

He said the Rigby family “didn’t have to read” what he had posted and added “they f….g deserve it”. He later withdrew that remark.

He also claimed he was entitled to freedom of speech. In his blogs he referred to Lee Rigby’s murder as a “hoax” and a  government orchestrated false flag operation intended as anti Moslim propaganda.

January 2015:
According to comments on his blog, Spivey is out on bail on condition he doesn't harrass or abuse people. (Blog is closed down)

xxxxhttp://chrisspivey.org/above-the-law/

Dogman
JAN 23, 2015 @ 22:32:43
The point pongo is probably making is that apart from Stacey and Clayton, there were only 5 of us at court today. A big thank you to Melanief, Paul, pongo & George. Chris has been very poorly, but made it to court for 9am, but after a very honest meeting with a court solicitor, Chris had to wait until the afternoon session 2.30pm ish, to be seen by the judge. Chris has to be back in court with a brief on 20th February. On that date they will then set a trial date. In the meantime, certain people involved in the Woolwich incident cannot be mentioned as a condition of Chris’s bail. I will inform the Mods about the specific names. I hope that makes sense, as it has been a very long day and my brain is mush.
There was a judge today, not magistrates, as Fridays seem to be reserved for the likely Not Guilty plea cases.

Re: Chris Spivey
Post Freedom Yesterday
I'm sure that he wasn't the only one to have doubts about the Lee Rigby story.

It will be interesting to see what the outcome of this is - could it become a test case for other people / groups who don't believe official stories of one sort or another?

Post Rosa canina Today at 7:49 am

I'm gutted for him, I really am -

- I've grown to rate Chris Spivey highly - hectic language and all...

...a bright, funny, passionate and kind man -

(and an English bogan, too - I love bogans)

- with a very sharp eye for nonsense.


His was another court case I'd wanted to attend -

(Brenda's inquest was the other)

I'm really sorry I couldn't be there to say "Thank you for trying".


I wonder if his site has been saved on Wayback?  

Delivering his verdict, Judge Woollard said Spivey had "descended into abusive, unpleasant and totally hurtful remarks".

He continued: "He repeated postings which were vicious and unpleasant, making claims of infallibility which he was not entitled to make and made attacks upon members of Mr Rigby's family and friends."

The judge ruled that Spivey was not a journalist and didn't carry out any investigative journalism at all.

"He seems to do most of it from his front room in Rochford," he said.  

The Herald, Scotland.   2 hours ago.

An internet troll who claimed the murder of Lee Rigby was made-up to provoke anti-Islamic feelings is to be sentenced for harassing the soldier's family.

Christopher Spivey, of Rochford, Essex, posted a series of comments on social media about Fusilier Rigby's killing - including claiming the soldier had never existed and that the story of his murder was a conspiracy.

The 52-year-old denied two counts of harassment and two of sending grossly offensive messages over social media but was found guilty after a two-day trial at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court. He will return to court for sentencing today.

In a statement read during his trial, Fusilier Rigby's mother, Lyn Rigby, said she found his claims "extremely disturbing" and "sick".

During the trial, the court heard Spivey made the bizarre claims on a website where he regularly posts his opinions about world events.

In his 11-month campaign, he claimed family photos of the Rigbys had been doctored on Photoshop and said the soldier had never actually existed.

Spivey made direct contact with members of the Rigby family as they struggled to come to terms with their loss,

Jenny Hopkins, chief crown prosecutor for CPS East of England, said: "Mr Spivey posted a number of comments on social media about the murder of Fusilier Rigby which were very upsetting to his family and friends.

"People can and do post all kinds of comments on social media and are not prosecuted for them, but in this case we were satisfied that the posts crossed the line into criminal behaviour targeted at the Rigby family.

"The prosecution's case was that the combination of the postings, containing a mixture of grossly offensive remarks about the Rigby family, upsetting assertions surrounding the murder, and the publication of details of two of the family's homes, could not be justified under freedom of speech.

"After hearing all the evidence, the court has found Mr Spivey's behaviour in uploading these posts amounted to the harassment of Lyn Rigby and Sara McClure, Fusilier Rigby's mother and sister."

Fusilier Rigby, from Greater Manchester, was murdered as he returned to his barracks in Woolwich, south-east London, on May 22 2013. He died of multiple cut and stab wounds

Michael Adebolajo was given a whole-life term and Michael Adebowale was jailed for a minimum of 45 years at the Old Bailey for his murder last year.

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13629766.Internet_troll_escapes_jail_for_harassing_Lee_Rigby_s_family_after_saying_soldier_s_murder_was_made_up/

Sentencing him to six months in prison suspended for two years, District Judge John Woollard said: "I have been a district judge for 17 years and very rarely I come across conspiracy theorists like you.

"Experience tells me it's pointless telling you you are wrong because you believe I am part of the conspiracy.

"You totally fail to accept that what you were doing had a profound and shattering effect on the family.

"They had been thrust into the public eye and were bereaved in a terrible way and then they're contacted by somebody like you making the most ridiculous comments and claims.

"All because sitting in your bedroom in Rochford you come to the conclusion that MI5 and various other organisations are conspiring to mislead the public.

"You will be convinced until you die that you are right and everyone else is wrong."

The judge also made Spivey subject to a restraining order banning him from posting on blogs or social media and contacting Fusilier Rigby's family.

Fusilier Rigby, from Greater Manchester, was murdered as he returned to his barracks in Woolwich, south-east London, on May 22 2013.

The Daily Mail have printed only negative comments again, but we can show them what we think. I’ve just red-arrowed every comment.

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Me too, those DM readers sure are as thick as SHIT. No wonder Britain is in the state it is in. They believe any old shit that the Zio shit MSM tell them. Jordan Maxwell is right, they are too lazy and stupid to wake up. They would not know what truth is even if it was shoved up their arse.

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same here …….. the reds are out doing the greens lol …daily fail …fail

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Great work people, keep hammering them!

Spivey doesn't accept that he has done anything wrong, he sees even a suspended sentence as proof that he is right.

He has a hard core of cult followers that hang on his every word, and he can't back down.

xxxxhttp://chrisspivey.org/

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