Snapchat user driven to brink of suicide when she was trolled — by best pal
A SNAPCHAT user was driven to the brink of suicide when she was trolled — by her best pal.
Opal Williams-Hulse, 23, was added to accounts called OpalNeedsToDie and OpalTheWhore and was sent vile messages.
Experts traced them to Naomi Kendrick, 23, who Opal had been regularly confiding in about a personal issue.
The motive for her hate campaign is not known.
Opal told police: “I didn’t know how I was going to get through each day.
"It was torture. I was having suicidal thoughts.
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“When I finally found out who was behind it . . . I felt so betrayed.”
Kendrick, of Winsford, Cheshire, admitted malicious communications.
She was ordered to pay Opal £250 compensation by Crewe JPs, who also gave her 300 hours’ unpaid work and a two-year restraining order.
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