The conviction happened because the words are considered to have caused a death.
I'm sure the conviction was wholly incorrect. You should probably contact the judge and all attorneys involved, and inform them of their mistake.
They will probably bow to your expertise on the matter and reverse the decision right away.
Another example: "
Hutu journalists in Rwanda who engaged in hate radio. They were found guilty of actual genocide—not just of aiding and abetting those who wielded the machetes."
Two Rwandan journalists have been sentenced to life in prison and a third to 35 years for their roles in fuelling the 1994 genocide in which 800,000 Tutsis and Hutus were murdered.
www.theguardian.com
Fake news? My own fabricated story?