Facebook troll behind bars after claiming he killed missing Fife man Allan Bryant

An internet troll has admitted sending a message to the father of missing Glenrothes man Allan Bryant Jr claiming he had tortured and killed his son.

Stewart McInroy pleaded guilty to three charges of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner likely to cause fear or alarm.

Dunfermline Sheriff Court heard that the 23-year-old set up a fake Facebook account and contacted one of the missing man’s friends claiming that his life was at risk.

Allan Bryant Sr received a message the following day showing a post on the ‘Find Allan Bryant’ page.

It read: “I am the killer of Allan Bryant.

“When he walked home I stopped my van, grabbed him, holded [sic] him hostage til I found out he was on the news so I brutally tortured him.

“Tied to a chair, stabbed nails in him, wrapped with 240,000 volt wire and fried that f****r Allah Akbar f*** white people.”

Allan Bryant Jr was last seen leaving Styx nightclub in Glenrothes after a night out in November.

McInroy has been remanded in custody and will be sentenced after background reports have been prepared.

For more on this story pick up a copy of Thursday’s Courier.