A British internet troll has got more than he bargained for after he was slapped with £100,000 in libel damages and costs after abusing a US lawyer on Google . Jason 'Jay ' Page , 20 , from Telford , reaped a legal whirlwind when he posted a wounding review on Colorado-based Timothy Bussey 's Google Maps profile . The anonymous post described the US lawyer as ' a scumbag ' and accused him paying for his firm 's positive reviews on the web . Punishment for troll : Jason 'Jay ' Page , 20 , from Telford , has been hit with £100,000 in libel damages and costs after abusing US lawyer Timothy Bussey on Google . Mr Bussey was left fuming by the anonymous post , which seemed to be from a dissatisfied client and stated to the world that 'he loses 80 % of his cases ' . The post remained live on the web for about a year and Mr Bussey and his firm , The Bussey Law Firm , suffered severe damage to their reputations . Mr Bussey was not willing to let the matter rest and , at huge expense , employed a Californian law firm to subpoena Google 's records to find out who was responsible . That led him to the door of Mr Page , aged in his 20s , who was living with his parents in Sutton Hill , Telford , and ended up on the receiving end of a full-scale High Court libel case . Timothy Bussey 's law practice in Colorado Springs : Jason Page was ordered to pay damages after leaving abuse on the lawyer 's Google Maps profile . He insisted that he bore no responsibility for the post and that his Google account must have been hacked by someone else . He said that a hacker might have been seeking revenge for something he had done as a 'moderator ' of the www.reddit.com website . However , Judge Sir David Eady said hacking into Mr Page 's account would have been challenging , with the perpetrator needing to bypass passwords and sophisticated security . There was no indication that anyone held a grudge against him and the judge described the hacking explanation as 'extremely improbable ' . The 'overwhelming probability ' was that that Mr Page had either authored the post himself or authorised it . Mr Page was ordered by the court to pay £50,000 damages , along with Mr Bussey 's legal costs , of which he must pay £50,000 on account . The judge added : 'Why Mr Page should himself choose to attack Mr Bussey and his firm is unclear , but the most likely explanation would appear to be a purely financial one ' . Taking into account the 'grapevine effect ' on the internet , the judge had no doubt that the post had caused serious damage to Mr Bussey and his firm 's good name . He ordered Mr Page to pay £50,000 damages , along with Mr Bussey 's legal costs . He must pay £50,000 of those on account , pending final assessment of the costs bill . Mr Bussey 's solicitor , Will Richmond-Coggan , said later : 'This is a great result for our clients . 'Their reputations have at last been vindicated following this calculated attack through the medium of an online review site ' He said that Mr Page 's post may well have been 'solicited ' by others and Mr Bussey would continue his legal fight on both sides of the Atlantic to find out who may have been responsible . Mr Richmond-Coggan added : 'We hope that this decision sends a message that fake negative reviews have a real impact on real people and those who post them can and will be held accountable . '
Timothy Bussey , 20 , from Telford was sued by US lawyer Jason Page . The Colorado lawyer had received abuse on a Google Maps profile . Judge said it was 'likely ' Page had been paid to post damaging comments . Lawyer went to extreme lengths and pursued his attacker at great expense .