HALIFAX — A man who successfully argued his charter rights were violated when he was arrested with three kilograms of cocaine at Halifax airport four years ago has to stand trial again, Nova Scotia Appeal Court has decided. The original trial judge ruled that Mandeep Singh Chehil’s charter rights were breached on Nov. 16, 2005,…
Secret sex tapes so much more than creepy
Lawyer and victim rights advocate Wendy Murphy writes: Forty-three-year-old Deryck Reid will soon face trial on charges he secretly took pictures of an unsuspecting nude woman. Allegations include that Reid photographed one of his female roommates while she was in the shower at the apartment they shared in South Quincy, Mass. […] It may be…
UK: CCTV of PE kids seized
Video footage of primary pupils changing for PE [physical education] lessons has been seized by police after a protest by furious parents. Police were called to diffuse the row at the gates after mums and dads found pupils were filmed round the clock. There was no suggestion it was used inappropriately but police seized the…
Dutch hacker holds jailbroken iPhones “hostage” for €5 (Updated)
Chris Foresman reports: Though jailbreaking an iPhone certainly opens up opportunities to add functionality that Apple doesn’t approve of, it can also make an iPhone less secure. Several Dutch iPhone users found that out the hard way after a hacker attacked a number of vulnerable phones on T-mobile Netherlands and tried to extort €5 from…