A man has been arrested over an allegedly offensive social media post about the death of fundraiser Captain Sir Tom Moore.
The 35-year-old from Lanarkshire has been charged with communication offences in relation to a post on Twitter and will appear at court a week on Wednesday.
Sir Tom, who helped raise tens of millions for the NHS during the first national lockdown, died from coronavirus last Tuesday.
Police say a tweet about the 100-year-old was reported to them three days later.
A spokesman for the force said: “On Friday we received a report of an offensive tweet about Sir Captain Tom Moore who died on Tuesday February 2.
“A 35-year-old man has subsequently been arrested and charged in connection with communication offences and is due to appear at Lanark Sheriff Court on Wednesday, February 17.”
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