The tragic story of twitter bookie Mitchell Fenton

Mitchell Fenton, 33, died yesterday. He was a Twitter bookie who was accused of fraudulently betting on the Magic Millions Classic and refusing to pay out. He went missing for 10 days and then reappeared with an apology. Chris Nelson, a media tipster, believes he was an online scammer who battled mental illness.

Mitchell Fenton died of a heart attack. He was a scammer and a lonely soul. Nelson knew him for a few years. Fenten brought mattresses for Nelson and his son and helped Nelson buy a car. Racing Victoria’s integrity head Jamie Stier says unlicensed scammers are out of reach of integrity officials. They are protected by the rules of racing. Social media users are not. It is a delicate subject. Racing has protective measures when participants are subjected to inappropriate comments on social media. In this case, the situation was out the reach and it has had a sad outcome.

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