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UK jails schizophrenic for refusal to decrypt files

Posted on November 24, 2009 by pogowasright.org

Chris Williams reports:

The first person jailed under draconian UK police powers that Ministers said were vital to battle terrorism and serious crime has been identified by The Register as a schizophrenic science hobbyist with no previous criminal record.

His crime was a persistent refusal to give counter-terrorism police the keys to decrypt his computer files.

The 33-year-old man, originally from London, is currently held at a secure mental health unit after being sectioned while serving his sentence at Winchester Prison.

Read more on The Register.

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1 thought on “UK jails schizophrenic for refusal to decrypt files”

  1. concerned says:
    November 25, 2009 at 12:03 am

    Ahh, it was only a matter of time before this law was used.

    Next we’ll be forced to divulge the contents of our brain, every dark secret.

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