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UK Hacker Ryan Cleary Has Asperger's Syndrome, Court Told

Posted by timothy on from the aerosolized-weapons-grade-asperger's dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Ryan Cleary, the British teenager accused of launching DDoS attacks at the likes of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) has been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, a court heard [Saturday]."

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  1. lol by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "it's not my fault i'm a sociopathic piece of shit"

  2. Re:Serious Organized Crime Agency by rossdee · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess they have another department for catching the humourus disoganised criminals

  3. Re:What a fool! by geoffrobinson · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's not like it's the Very Serious Organised Crime Agency.

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  4. Re:Aspergers is not a "get out of jail free" card by Goose+In+Orbit · · Score: 5, Informative

    ...except...

    a) He hasn't failed to be exempted from extradition - it's still being looked at by the Home Office
    b) He's not asking for a "get out of jail free" card - it's about being tried (and, if found guilty) imprisoned in the UK rather than the US
    c) The "Aspergers defence" only arose - some years after the event - because Simon Baron-Cohen saw an interview with him and suggested he may be suffering from the condition

  5. Re:Cleary also suffers from agoraphobia by russotto · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually the whole anal fetish that springs up as soon as one is put behind bars is purely an American phenomenon.

    In the UK, it's generally instilled in public schools, yes?