guardian.co.uk
Added: Feb 8, 2012
A Doncaster man who said on Twitter that he would blow up a snowbound airport if it was not reopened in time for him to fly to see his girlfriend will appeal to the high court in London on Wednesday to overturn a criminal conviction for menacing use of a public communication system.
Lawyers for Paul Chambers have argued that his message was not intended to menace the airport authorities and was "a jest, a joke, a parody".
They have claimed that the imposition of a fine and criminal record breach his rights to free expression under the European convention on human rights. The case is believed to be the UK's first criminal conviction for the content of a tweet.