If that were the case, the judge would mention it as a mitigating factor but the defendant's mental health doesn't seem to have come up. It does look like it should have done.
It's interesting that the fact that he posted under a user name rather than a real one is seen as an aggravating factor...
No,.there's no fair comment in this case as the defendant was not offering an opinion. He asked for the Oystons to prove that he'd made the postings and said that once he'd done so, he'd prove they were true and justified but he didn't fill in the paperwork and, when he applied to have the...