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On 8 November 2017, the Neon Nettle web site published an article reporting the gruesome prison murder of a man convicted of having raped an infant: This article was based on a real incident that took place in January 2016, involving the prison death of one of several men (James King, originally named Robin Hollyson) convicted as part of a paedophile gang that sexually abused young children: According to other news reports, some of King's fellow inmates admitted to plotting to do him physical harm at the facility where they were imprisoned: However, the most salacious element of Neon Nettle's reporting, that James King was found dead in his prison cell with his penis chopped off, was entirely fabricated by that web site. In fact, King was found hanging unconscious in his cell (and died of his injuries two days later), after which an inquest heard medical and other forms of evidence sufficient to support a conclusion of suicide. No legitimate news reporting stated that King had been murdered by other inmates or found with his penis chopped off: None of this misreporting was surprising, as Neon Nettle is a fake news site particularly known for publishing fabricated and exaggerated clickbait stories about pedophiles.
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