The grieving mother of Bradford war hero Private Chris Kershaw has reacted with anger at a Court’s decision not to jail a man who wrote “All soldiers should die and go to hell” on Facebook two days after the worst attack on British forces in Afghanistan.

Monica Kershaw, who lost her son when he died with five comrades, seven months ago said it was a disgrace that Dewsbury man Azhar Ahmed, 20, was only given a community order, community service and ordered to pay £300 costs.

“I think it’s absolutely disgusting – six mothers and fathers lost their sons and he can just get away with it like that,” Mrs Kershaw said last night.

Ahmed admitted posting the message two days after the deaths of the servicemen in March, but told Huddersfield Magistrates’ Court he did not think it was offensive.

Ahmed’s message said: “People gassin about the deaths of Soldiers! What about the innocent families who have been brutally killed.

“The women who have been raped. The children who have been sliced up! Your enemy’s were the Taliban not innocent harmful families.” He went on to write that “all soldiers should die and go to hell”.

Private Kershaw, 19, of Idle, Private Daniel Wade, 20, and Private Daniel Wilford, 21, all of 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment were killed alongside Sergeant Nigel Coupe, 33, of 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment, Corporal Jake Hartley, 20, and Private Anthony Frampton, 20.

They died in an IED attack on their Warrior personnel carrier in what was the deadliest single attack on UK forces.

Mrs Kershaw, of Eccleshill, a teaching assistant at the Delius Special School in Barkerend Road, Bradford, said that it was hard enough to live without her son and Ahmed’s cruel comments made things worse.

“This makes me so angry,” she said.

“He has insulted our boys – lads who just went out to do a job and he shouldn’t be allowed to get away with that.

“He should have been sent to jail and also forced to make proper, meaningful apologies to all the relatives.

“That would have sent out a message that this sort of thing is just unacceptable.”

Ahmed, of Fir Avenue, Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury, told the court at his trial that he deleted the post as soon as he realised what reaction it was having. He said he replied with apologies to many people who commented on his page.

But he denied the message was grossly offensive and said he thought it would just have been upsetting and caused distress.

District Judge Jane Goodwin ruled Ahmed’s posting was not tolerable and said: “I’m satisfied that the message was grossly offensive.”

Ahmed was given a two-year community order with 240 hours of community service and ordered to pay £300 costs