A STUDENT who got her friend sacked from Disney World by sending the company a racist e-mail in her name escaped punishment yesterday.

Samantha Mitchell, 20, hacked into the computer of her friend, Linzi Snedden, after she was thrown out of the Aberdeen flat they shared following an argument.

The letter read: “I cannae wait to go. Though will I be working with any niggers? Dinnae mind working with them as long as they don’t touch me. Can you imagine that?”

The shamed immunology student previously plead guilty to an offence under the misuse of computers act at Aberdeen Sheriff Court.

Sentence was deferred for six months for her to be of good behaviour and yesterday she was admonished by sheriff David Hall.

At an earlier hearing, the fiscal depute, Mhairi Morrison, told the court: “The accused had sent the e-mail from the computer address to another friend and also Disney World.

“During March the complainer received a call from a representative of Disney World informing her that as a result of the e-mail, she was no longer suitable for employment.

“They then sent her a copy of the e-mail. The accused was pretending to be her friend. It indicated that she was drunk and possibly under the influence of drugs.”

The police were then contacted and questioned Mitchell.

The Aberdeen University student admitted that she had used the computer password without permission and had made the racial slur.

Ms Sneddon was later reinstated by the company.

Mitchell apologised and said she was glad her former friend had managed to get her job back.

Her defence solicitor, Ross Taggart, said: “Clearly this was a vindictive action.

“She fully accepts it was a very nasty thing to do.”

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