Student 'troll' who posted 'racially offensive' Tweet about Fabrice Muamba just hours after player collapsed of heart attack on pitch

[ed. UNBELIEVABLE. We cart people away for having an opinion (however insensitive or "illegal"... we truly do live in dangerous times folks...the young lad was probably put under intense pressure to plead "guilty" as well. Welcome to North Korea.

A student today admitted posting sick comments on Twitter about Fabrice Muamba, the Premier League footballer left fighting for his life after collapsing during a game.
Liam Stacey, 21, today pleaded guilty to inciting racial hatred after writing ‘LOL [Laugh out loud]. **** Muamba. He’s dead!!! #haha.'

Stacey was warned he could face jail when he is sentenced next week - and was told he must stay off Twitter and other social networking websites as a condition of being released on bail.

Today Muamba, the Bolton Wanderers midfielder, was still in intensive care, but said to be 'showing signs of improvement'.

A joint statement from Barts and The London NHS Trust and Bolton Wanderers Football Club said his heart is beating without the aid of medication.
He has begun moving his arms and legs - but his long-term health prospects are unclear.

The footballer suffered a heart attack on the pitch during his team's FA Cup quarter-final with Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane on Saturday.
The 23-year-old has been put in an artificially induced coma and his fiancee Shauna Magunda is keeping a 24-hour bedside vigil.

Swansea Magistrates' Court was told that shortly after Muamba collapsed, Stacey posted a series of vile messages.

Prosecutor Lisa Jones said: 'Fabrice Muamba collapsed on the pitch and was believed to have died. "Shortly after Stacey posted on Twitter: 'LOL, F*** Muamba. He's dead."

'A number of persons on the site took issue with the posting and he responded to them furthering his message.'

She added that he posted other sickening messages.

The court heard that police around Britain had Stacey's comments reported to them by users - including former soccer star Stan Collymore.

As Stacey admitted posting the vile remark, another Twitter user from America allegedly posted a vile remark under the name Chet Walken.

Magistrates heard Stacey tried to 'distance himself' from the comments by saying his account had been hacked.

He later tried to delete his page but police arrested him on Sunday morning at his student home in Swansea, South Wales.

When interviewed by police, Stacey said he was drunk at the time.

He told police: 'I was at the bar when I heard what had happened to Muamba. I don't know why I posted it. I'm not racist and some of my friends are from different cultural backgrounds.'