Chilling moment model is sent death-threat by troll dressed as a CLOWN

A MODEL has told of her horror at being told by an internet troll dressed as a clown: "I will kill you".

Iskra Lawrence is usually protected from online abuse by her dad who moderates comments on her social media accounts.

But in a programme about online bullying the 26-year-old filmed her reaction to the death threat.

The chilling clip played on BBC Inside Out West Midlands shows a man with a painted face sat in a car warning: "I will kill you".

Iskra, 26, said: “I was shocked. I’m not surprised my dad didn’t show me.

“I get trolled daily.

"I get anything from slut, whore to fat, fat cow, disgusting.

"This can lead to quite serious psychological harm.

"It can lead to people being scared in their own homes.

"This isn’t a laughing matter – this is a serious matter.

"People need to be made aware of that.”

Online harassment has trebled in a year, according to West Midlands Police cyber crime unit.

Iskra, from Kidderminster, West Mids, has been campaigning against cyber-bullying by meeting students at the University of Birmingham.

She hopes it will make a difference, adding: "If there’s one person that benefits from this.

"If there’s one child that can look in the mirror tonight and look at themselves differently – that’s all I want.”

It comes as a bizarre epidemic of men dressed as clowns threatening to abduct children sweeps America.

Sightings of men in clown costumes trying to tempt kids into the woods or have been reported across seven states.

Parents are high alert in South Carolina while cops in Pennsylvania have warned against confronting the clowns while they investigate the claims.

Johnathan Martin, 20, was arrested in Kentucky at around 2am on Friday as part of a crackdown on scary costumes.

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