The mother of a woman who has died says she was "disgusted" to hear that people thought she had killed her own daughter.
Shirley Manchester's daughter, 28-year-old Victoria Clarke-Manchester, was found dead in her Syston home yesterday morning.
Police were called to the property, in The Styles, near Oxford Street, at 2.48pm.
Mrs Manchester, a 65-year-old grandmother, was arrested at the scene, but was later released and is facing no further action.
Police have confirmed that Victoria's death is not being treated as suspicious.
However, people took to social networking website Twitter to accuse Mrs Manchester of murdering her own daughter nonetheless.
"I couldn't even kill a spider, let alone a human," said Mrs Manchester of the "disgusting" slurs.
"I've been completely cleared," she added.
Among the comments on Twitter was one which stated: "Why are people so sick, murdering someone in Syston. The mother killed the daughter, hope the mum does life."
Another posted: "Her mum did it apparently."
Police said they had become aware of a number of inaccurate messages which had been posted on Twitter.
In response, a number of officers tweeted: "Despite rumours to the contrary there has not been a murder in Syston this weekend."
A force spokeswoman warned people to be careful about what they wrote on Twitter.
She added: "It's common sense. We are asking people to think before they say something on social networking sites before they know the full facts.
"People need to be mindful of the effect their comments could have on loved ones at a difficult time."
Victoria, who was known by her friends as Vicky, had been living in a flat with her mother and dog for the past 10 years.
Mrs Manchester said that she found her daughter dead in her bedroom after returning from the shops.
At first, she believed that Vicky was asleep. However, when she realised that her daughter had in fact died she phoned 999.
"I spoke to her before I left and when I came back, she was dead," said Mrs Manchester.
"She seemed fine, that's what I can't understand."
She added: "I feel numb, in another world. You never think of your children going first."
Mrs Manchester described her daughter as a "popular", "fantastic" and "brilliant".
She said: "She did a lot of work for charity, she was quite a charitable person, she would always help anybody out and put everyone else first.
"We were very close. I'm going to miss her - we were together pretty much 24-hours."
For the past four years, Victoria had volunteered at local charity shop Mend Furniture.
Manager Sue Salter said: "Vicky was such a character.
"The whole village will be mourning, she will be greatly missed - every single person in Syston knew her."
Mrs Salter told the Mercury that Victoria, a person of restricted growth, was always "very helpful and friendly".
"She always seemed very happy," she added.
"She was a popular and well-liked girl.
"She was a small person with a huge, huge personality."
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