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UK Men Get 4 Years For Trying to Incite Riots Via Facebook

Posted by samzenpus on from the do-not-pass-go dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In addition to the 12 arrests from last week, a judge has sentenced 20-year-old Jordan Blackshaw and 22-year-old Perry Sutcliffe-Keenan to four years in prison for their failed attempts to use Facebook to incite riots in the UK. The judge said he hoped the sentences would act as a deterrent. The two men were convicted for using Facebook to encourage violent disorder in their hometowns in northwest England."

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  1. Re:Off with their... by phantomfive · · Score: 3, Funny

    I almost was going to vote for you, then I read your sig.

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  2. Re:It will get reduced, however . . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    > Haven't they heard of the people that have gotten fired

    No, because in UK English we don't use the pseudo-word "gotten".

  3. Facebook? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    4 years in primary school would have been more appropriate.

  4. Re:It's a crime to attempt a crime, or incite othe by 2sheds · · Score: 3, Funny

    Only because it was raining in Scotland.

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