Vicious threats of an online mob rescue no children

This article was published in The Sydney Morning Herald 27 April 2011

As mourners rebuild a burnt-down shrine dedicated to the Mount Druitt girl Kiesha Abrahams, who went missing in August last year, others have taken to Facebook to express their rage towards Kiesha's mother and stepfather, who have been charged with the little girl's murder.

Police arrested Kristi Abrahams and her partner, Robert Smith, on Friday, on what would have been Kiesha's seventh birthday.

Since then, several Facebook groups have been set up in connection with the case. ''RIP Kiesha Abrahams'' has more than 30,000 members, one of whom wrote: ''RIP beautiful girl. You were taken too early but now you're safe and in a beautiful place where you'll get the care and love you deserve.''