JANE Austen £10 note campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez has called her victory "a brilliant day for women" after two young people admitted sending her threatening tweets.

Ms Criado-Perez, 29, claimed to have received abusive messages over the social media site after campaigning for a woman to appear on the new £10 bank note.

Arrested under the Communications Act 2003, Isabella Sorley, 23, of Newcastle, and John Nimmo, 25, of South Shields, admitted at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday to sending the tweets, said to include threats of rape, in July after Bank of England Governor Mark Carney confirmed that Austen would replace Charles Darwin on the £10 note.

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