Woman who tormented Madeleine McCann's parents on Twitter found dead in hotel room

A woman exposed this week as one of the internet trolls who tormented Madeleine McCann's parents has been found dead in a hotel in Britain.

Brenda Leyland, 63, fled her Leicestershire home after being confronted by a Sky News reporter about the online abuse she posted under the Twitter handle @sweepyface.

Her body was found at a hotel in Leicestershire on Saturday afternoon and the incident is not being treated as suspicious, the MailOnline reports.

Scotland Yard has been investigating hundreds of online hate messages aimed at the McCanns, whose daughter disappeared during a family holiday to Portugal in 2007.

Police reportedly decided to act after McCann family supporters handed over a dossier cataloging the abusive remarks, including death threats.

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