Billy Ray Cyrus Latest To Fall For Twitter Prank As He Retweets Jimmy Savile Picture

The singer appeared to not recognise the notorious paedophile.

You may remember that on Monday, Donald Trump retweeted a photo of serial killers Fred and Rosemary West after someone on Twitter pretended they were his parents.

You may remember that on Monday, Donald Trump retweeted a photo of serial killers Fred and Rosemary West after someone on Twitter pretended they were his parents .

Trump deleted the image after realising his mistake, and subsequently suggested he may sue.

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Well, this is now in danger of becoming a trend, with someone today tricking country singer Billy Ray Cyrus into retweeting a picture of notorious paedophile Jimmy Savile.

Well, this is now in danger of becoming a trend, with someone today tricking country singer Billy Ray Cyrus into retweeting a picture of notorious paedophile Jimmy Savile.

Savile, one of Britain's worst sex offenders, is thought to have carried out more than 150 rapes and sexual assaults before his death in 2011.

At 1:30pm on Friday the retweet was still showing on Cyrus's timeline.

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