Man charged over allegedly offensive Facebook comments

A MAN has been charged with posting offensive comments on Facebook about the missing youngster April Jones.

Matthew Wood, 20, from Chorley, in Lancashire, will appear at the town’s magistrates’ court today. He was arrested on Saturday and charged under Section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 with sending by means of a public electronic communications network a message or other matter that is grossly offensive.

The charge comes after comments he allegedly made about April’s disappearance were posted online on his Facebook account.