The mother-of-two took to Twitter this morning this morning, to write:
'For all of those out there tweeting me about naming the paedophile mothers involved in the Ian Watkins case, the names have been in the-public domain since December 12th when the court named them and put them up on their website for all to see half of twitter had tweeted out the names also aside from my (now deleted) tweet.
'Apologies and lesson learned.'
'The babies will most probably be given new identities to protect them from future abuse from other paedos who know who they are/ their names from the videos Watkins uploaded to Paedo websites. The question of--wether or not to give anonymity to criminals in cases like this will go on forever. However these women and Watkins will be gettings three meals a day, a double bed, cable TV etc- all funded by the tax payer alongside not being named apparently.
'It makes me sad. I deleted my tweets however and apologise for any offence caused as at the time of tweeting had only seen everyone tweeting the names at me so had assumed as they were also up on news websites and the crown courts public file that they had been released for public knowledge. Will check my facts before tweeting next time. apologies and lesson learned.'
November 28 2013
Peaches Geldof faces ‘criminal investigation’ after tweeting names of the mothers involved in Lostprophets abuse case
The mother-of-two, who has previously written columns for The Daily Telegraph, Elle Girl and articles for The Guardian, took to Twitter to share her outrage over the recent Watkins revelations to her 160k followers.
'What sick, horrible women'
‘It sickens me to see just how far the cult of celebrity and super fandom has come when grown women are passing their own kids round. I hate the world sometimes,’ the 24-year-old wrote to her followers- which include Barack Obama.
‘So apparently the names of the women who offered up their babies to be raped by Ian Wakins has already been released by the Welsh court and on several websites.
‘The names are xxxx and xxxx what sick, horrible women,’ Peaches revealed in the tweets today, which have since been deleted.
'Information which can lead to their being identified is a criminal offence'
The Attorney General’s Office has since warned that sex offence victims have lifetime anonymity, and publicising any details that could lead to their identification is a criminal offence.
A spokeswoman for the Attorney General's Office said: 'We understand that the names of the co-defendants in the Ian Watkins case were posted online but have now been removed.
'As has been previously reported, the co-defendants were the mothers of the victims.
'Victims of sexual offences have automatic lifetime anonymity and the publication of names or information which can lead to their being identified is a criminal offence. This is a police matter.'
Peaches is not the first person to come under fire for publishing the names of those involved in criminal cases.
Yesterday, a Twitter user who posted alleged pictures of James Bulger's killer Jon Venables as an adult was given a 14-month suspended prison sentence.
Watkins has pleaded guilty to attempting to rape a fan's 11-month-old baby son, conspiring to rape the baby daughter of another fan and 10 other child sex offences.
He will be sentenced alongside the women on December 18.
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