This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
------=_NextPart_000_004D_01C4450D.4ECC74D0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
boundary="----=_NextPart_001_004E_01C4450D.4ECC74D0"
------=_NextPart_001_004E_01C4450D.4ECC74D0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
The Times
www.timesonline.co.uk
May 28, 2004=20
Teenager conned chatroom friend into stabbing him
BY PA NEWS
=20
=20
=20
A teenaged boy was found guilty today of masquerading as a =
spy in an internet chatroom to persuade another boy to try kill him in =
an "extraordinary suicide attempt".
=20
=20
The perpetrator, who was 14 at the time, groomed a =
16-year-old with an "elaborate matrix of deceit" which involved creating =
six fictional identities in the chatroom over a nine-month period.
On the orders of one of the fictional characters, a =
39-year-old female spy, the 16-year-old, called Mark (not his real =
name), bought a kitchen knife and stabbed his younger friend twice in =
the belief that by doing so he would be recruited by the British secret =
service.
In reality, the 14-year-old boy, called John (also a =
pseudonym), had fallen in love with his older friend, had tricked him =
into performing sex acts on a webcam and conned him into stabbing him in =
Altrincham, Greater Manchester.
Mark pleaded guilty to attempted murder and John pleaded =
guilty to perverting the course of justice and incitement to murder. The =
real identities of the two boys have not been published for legal =
reasons.
At Manchester Crown Court, Mark was today given a two-year =
supervision order and banned from any contact with his younger friend.
John was given a three-year supervision order and was banned =
from any contact with Mark. He was also told that he must only access =
the internet under adult supervision and must not enter chatrooms under =
any circumstances.
Judge David Maddison told the boys as he passed sentence: "I =
accept the thrust of the arguments advanced which are that there are a =
number of extraordinary features associated with this case.
"Skilled writers of fiction would struggle to conjure up a =
plot such as that which arises here.
"It's staggering to be dealing with a case that arises out =
of a 14-year-old boy's invention of false personalities, false =
relationships and events arranged for his own killing at the hands of a =
16-year-old boy who he had met via an internet chatroom."
Posing as the spy and promising sex and money, John sent =
messages to Mark ordering him to stab him to death.=20
On the following day, June 29, 2003, Mark "carried out his =
orders" and stabbed John once in the chest and once in the stomach.
But John did not die and spent a week recovering in =
Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester.
The judge also addressed each boy individually. Turning to =
John, he said: "The end result is that you are to be sentenced for the =
extraordinary offence of inciting another to murder you and a further =
offence of perverting the course of justice.
"Offences of this kind in any normal circumstances would =
result in an extremely lengthy custodial sentence. But these could not =
be described as any normal circumstances."
The judge then turned to Mark: "I accept that fantastic =
though it seems when looked at now in the cold light of day that such a =
plot was presented to you, so convincingly were the characters presented =
to you that you really did believe you had been recruited by the Secret =
Service to kill your co-accused and face the consequences if you did not =
do so.
"You were the subject of a degree of exploitation and =
manipulation and found yourself in a position of conflict in your =
perceived public duty having been recruited by the state and your real =
friendship with the co-accused."
=20
=20
=20
------=_NextPart_001_004E_01C4450D.4ECC74D0
Content-Type: text/html;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Diso-8859-1">
<META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=3DGENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
<DIV>
<TABLE cellSpacing=3D0 cellPadding=3D0 width=3D305 border=3D0>
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TD>
<TABLE cellSpacing=3D0 cellPadding=3D0 width=3D305 border=3D0>
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=3Dtop>
<DIV><SPAN class=3Ddate><STRONG><FONT size=3D5>The=20
Times</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3Ddate><A=20
=
href=3D"http://www.timesonline.co.uk">www.timesonline.co.uk</A></SPAN></D=
IV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3Ddate><STRONG>May 28, 2004</STRONG></SPAN> =
<BR><BR><STRONG><SPAN class=3Dheadline>Teenager conned =
chatroom friend=20
into stabbing him</SPAN><BR></STRONG><SPAN class=3Dbyline>BY =
PA=20
NEWS</SPAN><BR></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD height=3D5>
<DIV><IMG height=3D5 alt=3D""=20
src=3D"http://images.thetimes.co.uk/images/trans.gif" width=3D1=20
border=3D0></DIV></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD>
<TABLE cellSpacing=3D0 cellPadding=3D0 width=3D305 border=3D0>
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=3Dtop><SPAN class=3Dtextcopy><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>A teenaged boy =
was found=20
guilty today of masquerading as a spy in an internet =
chatroom to=20
persuade another boy to try kill him in an =
"extraordinary=20
suicide attempt".</FONT></DIV>
<P>
<TABLE cellSpacing=3D0 cellPadding=3D0 align=3Dright =
border=3D0=20
VALIGN=3D"TOP">
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TD id=3DmpuHeader name=3D"mpuHeader"><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR align=3Dright>
<TD align=3Dright><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">
<SCRIPT =
type=3Dtext/javascript>NI_MPU('middle');</SCRIPT>
</FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><FONT face=3D"Times =
New Roman"=20
size=3D3>The perpetrator, who was 14 at the time, =
groomed a=20
16-year-old with an "elaborate matrix of deceit" which =
involved=20
creating six fictional identities in the chatroom over a =
nine-month=20
period.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>On the orders of =
one of the=20
fictional characters, a 39-year-old female spy, the =
16-year-old,=20
called Mark (not his real name), bought a kitchen knife and =
stabbed=20
his younger friend twice in the belief that by doing so he =
would be=20
recruited by the British secret service.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>In reality, the =
14-year-old=20
boy, called John (also a pseudonym), had fallen in love with =
his=20
older friend, had tricked him into performing sex acts on a =
webcam=20
and conned him into stabbing him in Altrincham, Greater=20
Manchester.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Mark pleaded =
guilty to=20
attempted murder and John pleaded guilty to perverting the =
course of=20
justice and incitement to murder. The real identities of the =
two boys have not been published for legal =
reasons.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>At Manchester =
Crown Court,=20
Mark was today given a two-year supervision order and banned =
from=20
any contact with his younger friend.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>John was given a =
three-year=20
supervision order and was banned from any contact with Mark. =
He was=20
also told that he must only access the internet under adult=20
supervision and must not enter chatrooms under any=20
circumstances.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Judge David =
Maddison told the=20
boys as he passed sentence: "I accept the thrust of the =
arguments=20
advanced which are that there are a number of extraordinary =
features=20
associated with this case.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>"Skilled writers =
of fiction=20
would struggle to conjure up a plot such as that which =
arises=20
here.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>"It's staggering =
to be=20
dealing with a case that arises out of a 14-year-old boy's =
invention=20
of false personalities, false relationships and events =
arranged for=20
his own killing at the hands of a 16-year-old boy who he had =
met via=20
an internet chatroom."</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Posing as the spy =
and=20
promising sex and money, John sent messages to Mark ordering =
him to=20
stab him to death. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>On the following =
day, June=20
29, 2003, Mark "carried out his orders" and stabbed John =
once in the=20
chest and once in the stomach.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>But John did not =
die and=20
spent a week recovering in Wythenshawe Hospital in=20
Manchester.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>The judge also =
addressed each=20
boy individually. Turning to John, he said: "The end result =
is that=20
you are to be sentenced for the extraordinary offence of =
inciting=20
another to murder you and a further offence of perverting =
the course=20
of justice.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>"Offences of this =
kind in any=20
normal circumstances would result in an extremely lengthy =
custodial=20
sentence. But these could not be described as any normal=20
circumstances."</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>The judge then =
turned to=20
Mark: "I accept that fantastic though it seems when looked =
at now in=20
the cold light of day that such a plot was presented to you, =
so=20
convincingly were the characters presented to you that you =
really=20
did believe you had been recruited by the Secret Service to =
kill=20
your co-accused and face the consequences if you did not do=20
so.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>"You were the =
subject of a=20
degree of exploitation and manipulation and found yourself =
in a=20
position of conflict in your perceived public duty having =
been=20
recruited by the state and your real friendship with the=20
=
co-accused."</FONT></FONT></P></SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR>=
<TR>
<TD height=3D20><IMG height=3D20 alt=3D""=20
src=3D"http://images.thetimes.co.uk/images/trans.gif" width=3D1=20
border=3D0></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV></BODY></HTML>
------=_NextPart_001_004E_01C4450D.4ECC74D0--
------=_NextPart_000_004D_01C4450D.4ECC74D0
Content-Type: image/gif;
name="trans.gif"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Location: http://images.thetimes.co.uk/images/trans.gif
R0lGODlhAQABAJECAAAAMwAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAABAAEAQAICVAEAOw==
------=_NextPart_000_004D_01C4450D.4ECC74D0--
_______________________________________________________________________________
Posted Via Uncensored-News.Com - Accounts Starting At $6.95 - http://www.uncensored-news.com
<><><><><><><> The Worlds Uncensored News Source <><><><><><><><>
|
|