A MAN has appeared in court charged with making racist remarks on a social media site relating to the case of Mikaeel Kular.
It is alleged that Jamie Milligan, 24, from Paisley, posted comments regarding the death of the three-year-old that were "grossly offensive" between January 17 and 19 while acting in a manner which was threatening or abusive and likely to cause fear and alarm to others.
Mr Milligan is also charged with posting a further comment on Facebook in the same period in which he threatened to rape a named female, placing her in a state of fear and alarm.
He made no plea or declaration when he appeared on petition at Paisley Sheriff Court, and was released on bail.
Earlier this week two men from south of the Border were arrested after allegedly racist comments apparently relating to Mikaeel's disappearance were posted on social media sites.
The two, aged 19 and 26, were released on bail following questioning.
A number of online pages have been set up offering tribute to Mikaeel with one having 77,300 supporters and another set up to organise a tribute event called Send Off For Mikaeel. As many as 1000 members of both the Fife and Edinburgh communities affected by the case are expected to launch balloons on either side of the Firth of Forth on Friday night.
The boy's mother, Rosdeep Adekoya, was charged on Monday with his murder and attempting to defeat the ends of justice.
She made no plea or declaration and was remanded in custody and committed for further examination. She is expected to appear again in court on January 28.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article