Blogger denies links to Twitter superinjunction claims

The man, who describes himself as a musician based in Liverpool, moved to distance himself from a series of messages on the social networking site which name public figures alleged to have obtained draconian gagging orders.
He also publicly sought legal advice over his own postings about celebrities’ private lives, which date back to mid-March, amid fears he could be prosecuted personally.
A self-confessed “insomniac”, he had been attracting a small following on the site for his messages – often written late at night – openly speculating about the identities of people at the centre of lurid allegations.
He was among several Twitter users who regularly posted alleged clues to the identities of public figures they claimed were the subject of gagging orders to protect their private lives.
When a separate site began posting messages on Sunday afternoon naming several celebrities, rapidly attracting tens of thousands of followers, he was widely suspected of being the originator or close to whoever was.

He had not only forwarded the Tweets to his own readers but the author of the new site listed themselves as “following” the musician’s postings, making him the only identifiable figure linked to the new site.
When Jemima Khan, the free speech campaigner, posted messages denying claims that she had taken out an injunction banning publication of pictures of herself and Jeremy Clarkson, the blogger apologised to her directly and promised to contact the author of the new site directly.
But challenged about his links to the new site, he later said that, although he was on contact with them through Twitter, he did not know who their true identity.
“To clarify, I am NOT [the author], he wrote after a series of inquiries.
"I don’t know who he is, have no connection, have been trying to tell him his page is inaccurate.”
At one point he posted a message to Mark Stephens, the prominent media lawyer who had earlier challenged him to remove his own Tweets about Miss Khan, admitting that he had openly discussed celebrities’ identities online and asking: “Think I’m all right?”
But Mr Stephens warned last night that several Twitter users who had circulated the information could potentially face prosecution.
“They are all in similar jeopardy,” he said.
“They are clearly in contempt of court, clearly these celebrities are not going to take this lying down and as a result of that I would expect that as we speak their lawyers running a trace on the people in contempt of court.”
Referring to the author of the posts on Sunday, he warned: “The individual behind this is clearly going to be tracked, his electronic fingerprints are all over it and when he gets the knock on the door I would very strongly advise that he takes a toothbrush with him.”