UK: Olympic Diver Receives Gay Hate Tweets.

A footballer in South Wales has been arrested following an anti-gay tweet about UK Olympic divers Tom Daley (pictured) and Peter Waterfield.

The message on Daniel Thomas’s Twitter denigrated the diving pair, neither of whom is known to be gay, after they lost out on medals at London Olympics synchronised men’s 10m diving this week.

It said: “If there is any consolation for finishing fourth at least Daley and Waterfield can go and bum each other #teamHIV.”

Police have now issued a statement saying: “South Wales Police has arrested a 28-year-old man from the Port Talbot area in connection with offensive comments made on the social networking site Twitter.

“The man was interviewed at Neath police station and has been released on police bail pending further enquiries.” PinkNews