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The Text Message Typo That Landed a Man In Jail
Barence writes "A British man was jailed for 18 months for accidentally sending an explicit text message to his entire address book. 24-year-old swimming coach Craig Evans intended to send a text message to his girlfriend asking her for sex. Instead, the message was accidentally sent to his entire BlackBerry address book, including two girls, aged 13 and 14, from his swimming class. He was subsequently arrested and charged with 'causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity,' and – incredibly – jailed for 18 months at Birmingham Crown Court in July. Yesterday, an appeal's court freed Evans, although he wasn't cleared — the sentence was merely reduced to a nine-month suspended jail term."
"Perhaps someone needs to let Stephen Fry, Al Murray and Chambersâ(TM) other celebrity backers know about this latest instance of the British justice system failing to grasp modern technology?"
Celebrity backers? How about to make it in TODAY'S world, with TODAY'S politics, we require testing for our representatives to make sure they understand the concepts going on outside of their safety bubble? Too much to ask for? Well - "why don't airplanes windows roll down?" - Romney
He was just following the example of the Prophet.
He's the swim coach. That's fairly common, for quick updates about practices and meets.
No, they go to the parents who transport their children to the meetings. So I'll ask again; Why did he have the phone numbers of 13 and 14 year olds on his phone?
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Keep in mind that the best and brightest of England left to make their fortunes in the colonies long ago. The ones that stayed behind were, well, the "special" types.
Yeah. Far better for him to have been in the US and lynched.
bang goes my karma... again...