Internet trolls have threatened to harm her other children in death threats, according to the mother of a murdered schoolgirl.
Paige Doherty, 15, was fatally stabbed by a shopkeeper in 2016, leaving Pamela Munro, 39, without a daughter.
Pamela, a mother of seven, received anonymous notes telling her other kids to “kill themselves.”
On the Facebook page of a nonprofit she founded in honor of her daughter, Paige’s Promise, another person demanded that her family “be slaughtered.”
In March 2016 at Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, the deranged John Leathem murdered Paige in his deli. He was sentenced to a minimum of 23 years in prison.
Her name-brand nonprofit gives grieving families vacations and self-defense training.
“The texts my family receives on a regular basis are horrible,” said Pamela, a resident of Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire.
My kids are ugly, they should be run over by a bus, and they should die like Paige, I’ve been told.
“Every time I update my daughter’s charity page, I get a barrage of horrible comments about myself or my kids.
The remarks are made by anonymous users and are difficult to identify.
Since Paige was taken away from us, our family has endured a lot.
“I don’t see why somebody with a rational mind would deliberately aim to injure others who have already endured so much.
“All we want is for the messages to end permanently.”
I advise my children to avoid them and rise above them, but they are still young and what they read has a tremendous influence.
“We’re a strong family, and this won’t break us, but it’s really hard to deal with,” she said.
I want stricter new rules to be passed in order to identify and prosecute those who abuse others online.
Right now, hiding behind a computer screen and being unaccountable for what you write is way too simple.
It’s past time to take action to institute a reliable deterrent.
“People would hesitate before sending an email if they knew they would be subject to the full force of the law.”
“Things must alter.
There must be more effective ways to safeguard victims of crime, hold offenders accountable, and punish them when their identities are revealed.
A better strategy to police their platforms needs to be considered by social media corporations themselves.
She recently welcomed one-year-old Kailo and promised that the family would make sure she was aware of her big sister.
“Paige would have adored Kailo,” Pamela continued.
“We were all robbed of that by Leathem. She was such a kind girl and would have adored being a big sister and seeing her siblings grow up.”
We’ll make sure he knows how important his big sister was as he grows up.
According to Labour MSP for Central Scotland Monica Lennon, the actions of vicious online trolls must now be condemned.
She said: “Unfortunately, as society uses the internet and digital technologies more and more, unpleasant behavior online also rises. This abuse must cease.”
I am extremely outraged that the mother of Paige Doherty has been victimized in this way. There are too many online trolls out there spreading sorrow and grief.
The culprits are pitiful cowards who need to be ashamed of themselves.
This kind of behavior “must not go unquestioned” since it “may have a devastating impact on the intended victim’s mental health.”
The family of Paige Doherty has endured vicious and persistent internet harassment as a result of losing their cherished daughter to murder, according to Scottish Conservative shadow minister for community safety Russell Findlay.
No family should ever have to endure such poison, so I implore Police Scotland to take all necessary steps to find the perpetrators and bring them to justice, which would undoubtedly prevent others.
The UK Government’s Online Safety Bill is crucial because it would compel social media companies to restrict anonymous individuals from propagating hate.
“These trolls are ineffective cowards who can readily hide their identity,” the bill reads.
‘If you become aware of somebody acting illegally or behaving in a threatening way online report it to authorities,’ a Police Scotland representative further stated.