Giles Coren is a bit of a tw*t isn't he?

Swipe · January 15, 2010

Giles Coren's Twitter 'sex-death' rant about his 12-year-old neighbour and his new drum kit Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1243109/Giles-Corens-Twitter-sex-death-rant-12-year-old-drumming-neighbour.html#ixzz0cfvdCICM

Restaurant critic and broadcaster Giles Coren has been condemned for posting violent comments on Twitter about his neighbour's 12-year-old son.

The columnist, who is the son of humourist Alan Coren, vented his anger on the social micro-blogging site by suggesting the boy should be sexually assaulted and killed.

Coren, 40, tweeted from his home in north London, saying: 'Next door have brought their 12-year-old son a drum kit.

'For ****'s sake! Do I kill him then burn it? Or do I **** him, then kill him then burn it?'

He then followed this up with: 'Child for sale, charred and partially ****ed. Has own drum kit.'

Later he posted a slight retraction, but not before his friends had added encouraging comments suggesting what to do to silence the neighbour's budding musical talent.

He added yesterday: 'oh hells' bells. look, can i just say i didn't kill the kid, or have sex with him. and anyway he's not real. and i live in Vienna.'

Asked whether he made the postings, Mr Coren replied: 'Yes, but I don't want to say anything about it.'

Last night, he admitted on Twitter, 'this tigger has lost his bounce' and said it was due to 'backfiring twitter jokes'.

He claimed his was in 'the doghouse' with his neighbour and added this morning that they were 'very unhappy'.

ManxRed · January 15, 2010

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