People accused them of being the culprits and they were subjected to the most vile personal attacks from people in their inboxes.'
'They conducted several interviews with the media on the advice from the police, and with the sole purpose of getting the word out there, making sure that this story dominated the headlines here locally, and now it dominates international headlines. She said: 'Can I ask you a question? Because there have been reports that actually, the family who have just been going through the absolute nightmare as a parent were actually trolled online, and were even under suspicion themselves for the last 18 days?'īen told her: 'Yes, sadly Holly that’s definitely correct, and the parents amazingly and bravely exposed themselves knowingly to that abuse. On Wednesday's This Morning, Holly and co-host Phillip Schofield spoke to Australian reporter Ben Downie about the fallout (Image: ITV)