Police hope the mugshot will help them find Jermaine Taylor, 21, from Newport, Wales

Police have warned trolls who mocked a drug dealer’s haircut, that they could be prosecuted for harassment.

A mugshot issued by officers for Jermaine Taylor, 21, from Newport, Wales attracted a staggering 76,000 comments, poking fun at his bonce.

Taylor is wanted by police on recall to prison.

He was released on licence after being jailed for three years for being concerned in supplying cocaine after being sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court in September 2017.


However, he breached the terms of his licence conditions upon his release, and officers had hoped that releasing a picture of him would help them find him.



But instead, thousands of people have taken to social media to mock his unusual hairdo.

Jermaine Taylor, 21, from Newport, breached the terms of his licence conditions upon release

One Facebook user posted: ‘That hairline goes further back than Woolworths.’

While Matt Price added: ‘Push his release date back further than his hairline, that should teach him.’

Lea Hook said: ‘He was last seen in town; police are combing the area’, while Lawrie Hillman joked: ‘He’s vanished into thin hair.’

CJ Forde added: ‘That hairline been pushed back more times than Brexit’.

Gwent Police were ridiculed for their response (Picture: Picture: Gwent Police)

Gwent police, who didn’t see the funny side of the comments, said: ‘Please remember that harassing, threatening and abusing people on social media can be against the law.

‘Our advice is to be as careful on social media as you would in any other form of communication.

‘If you say something about someone which is grossly offensive or is of an indecent, obscene or

menacing character, then you could be investigated by the police.’

Their post was then mocked by hundreds of Facebook users.

Daniel Knox-Hewson posted: ‘Can’t work out what’s thinner. This guy’s hair or Gwent police’s skin?’

James Fisher joked: ‘You already lost one criminal. Keep ya hair on.’

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