‘I’m Going To Kill You’: Jeremie Camilleri’s Facebook Profile Mobbed With Hate And Threats As Murder Case Begins
Warning: Article contains vulgar language
This week, mainly against our will, the people of Malta were introduced to Jeremie Camilleri, the coked-up, drunken BMW driver who is believed to have aimed his car at innocent Pelin Kaya, injuring her fatally and leaving her unattended until she died in an ambulance soon after.
Though footage of police tackling the man gave the public some sense of poetic justice, many people couldn’t help but post lengthy statuses reacting with horror to the senseless death… not least after images of Kaya’s heartbroken, tearful family hit the news.
However, some people have taken it a step further, seeking vigilante justice and telegraphing it to the world by leaving hateful, threatening comments across Camilleri’s public Facebook account.
“If this was my sister or my daughter, I swear to God I would have killed you.”
“I hope a truck hits you when you are outside one day, and a pile of bricks falls all over you.”
“I only hope that they throw you into the worst prison cell with the rats, you don’t deserve any better.”
“They should hang you in place of a punching bag and bring the strongest man in the world to make a show out of you.”
“Make sure you don’t drop the soap because you’ll suffer more than you think you would.”
“People like you deserve the gallows.”
Camilleri’s account is full of gym selfies taken by the man himself, leading to scores of people attacking his physical looks and vanity.
The emotional aspect of the murder has caused ripples across Maltese society, with a vigil dedicated to Kaya set for 7pm tonight.
However, as the country finds a way to vent and cope with the latest senseless death on the island, threatening physical violence on a person – even if he is a perpetrator of a horrid crime – may not be the healthiest approach for an ever increasingly desensitised Maltese society.
Do you think the online response on Camilleri’s profile was justified?
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