The leader of Crawley UKIP has contacted police over ‘threatening’ comments made on a website.
John Mac Canna, of Pound Hill, contacted Sussex Police after reading the comments on political site
The comments, which were of a violent nature, were posted back in February but Mr Mac Canna defended his decision to report them after they had been online for more than six months.
He said: “The comments had only just come to my notice.
“I thought they were threatening and shouldn’t be tolerated.
“This sort of threat is not really acceptable. It’s up to citizens to report these things.”
A spokesman for Sussex Police said: “Police are investigating an alleged offence of malicious communication following a posting made on a political blogging site.
“A piece appeared on politicalscrapbook.net in January this year, suggesting that the UK Independence Party (UKIP) was backing another party’s request for funding.
“As a result, a number of comments were made by visitors to the site, including one that was reported to Sussex Police by a Crawley representative of UKIP.”
The comments have since been taken down.