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网上煽动骚乱 英国青年被判入狱4年
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http://article.yeeyan.org/view/159238/213107
英国两名年轻人因在Facebook上煽动骚乱和暴力，被判刑入狱4年。
据英国媒体17日报道，英国两名年轻人因在社交网站“脸谱”上煽动骚乱和暴力被判刑入狱4年。现年20岁的乔丹·布莱克肖和22岁的萨克利夫·基南在切斯特皇家刑事法院被判入狱。
报道指出，这是上周伦敦和英格兰其他城市发生骚乱和抢劫商店事件后，法官对肇事者做出的最严厉量刑。此前，法官对骚乱中实施抢劫和盗窃的三名骚乱者做出了为期16个月至2年不等的判决。法官安德鲁称这是一次警告，向未来那些蓄谋制造骚乱的人发出“明确且不毫不含糊的信息”。他说，“法庭应该让类似这次骚乱的犯罪行为得到惩戒。”
而判处这两位年轻人监禁的曼彻斯特法官安德鲁·吉尔伯特说，在当前的“重要时期”，任何参加骚乱的成年人都将失去自由。吉尔伯特法官还透露了基本量刑标准：骚乱领导者至少被判8年监禁，闯入商店入室行窃者被判4至7年监禁，纵火者被判3至7年监禁，那些偷东西弃置街头者最高被判4年监禁。
吉尔伯特称，这些判刑标准比正常时期的量刑要重，因为要向那些犯罪者表明，他们的犯罪行为将受到严惩。
英国政府曾表示会研究是否应该在骚乱发生时关闭社交网站和禁止发送手机短信。
根据英国严重犯罪法案第44条和第46条，这两名男子被控有意鼓励他人犯罪。两人对所控罪行供认不讳。
皇家检察署说，布莱克肖在社交网站脸书上设立了一个“砸碎诺斯威奇镇”的群组活动。这个群组表明了具体的活动时间是在英国当地时间8月9日下午13点至16点之间，地点在诺斯威奇市中心的麦当劳餐厅后面。这个“脸谱”网页还呼吁人们在8月10日19点至22点之间“暴动”。8月9日，有人就布莱克肖的脸书内容向警方报警。
切斯特皇家检察署的麦克罗伯说，两名被告利用“脸谱”组织和策划严重骚乱，而当时英格兰其它一些地方正在发生骚乱。麦克罗伯说，两名被告人都使用“脸谱”希望获得广泛支持，以便在自己居住的诺斯威奇和沃灵顿煽动骚乱。
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/techn ... jail-terms-yet.html
Facebook riot inciters among those to get toughest jail terms yet
By Tom Whitehead, and Nigel Bunyan8:27PM BST 16 Aug 2011
Two Facebook users who encouraged rioters to destroy their local towns on the social networking site were jailed for four years yesterday as the courts handed out their toughest sentences yet.
The men became the first to be sentenced by crown court judges for their involvement in the mass civil disobedience that swept England.
Jordan Blackshaw, 20, and Perry Sutcliffe-Keenan, 22, were jailed for four years each for inciting the disorder on Facebook despite both being of previous good character.
Blackshaw created an event on the site entitled 'Smash Down Northwich Town', while Sutcliffe-Keenan encouraging a riot on the same site.
In a separate case, a judge in Manchester jailed three men for between 16 months and two years for either looting or handling stolen goods.
And in a stark warning as he sentenced the trio, Judge Andrew Gilbart QC said he was sending a “clear and unambiguous message” to future would-be rioters and looters.
He said: “The courts should show that outbursts of criminal behaviour like this will and must be met with sentences longer than they would be if the offences had been committed in isolation.
“As a starting point, it seems to me inevitable that any adult offender (who took part in the riot) must expect to lose his or her liberty for a significant period.”
The cases came a day after it emerged that magistrates in London had been told they can ignore normal sentencing guidelines in order to hand down tougher penalties for those involved in last week’s disturbances.
In other developments yesterday:
: Theresa May signalled police are to get tough new powers to create “no go areas” with blanket curfew orders.
: Scotland Yard revealed one in four of those involved in rioting in London were gang members.
: Nick Clegg said convicted rioters will be “met at the prison gates” to ensure they then find work.
: Tim Godwin, the Scotland Yard acting commissioner, revealed police considered shutting down Twitter at the height of the disturbances.
: The Ministry of Justice said 1,277 people have so far appeared in court with two thirds remanded.
In by far the toughest sentences yet in connection with the riots Blackshaw, of Marston near Northwich, and Sutcliffe-Keenan, of Warrington, was both given four years for inciting disorder via social networking sites.
The pair, who appeared at Chester Crown Court today, were arrested last week following incidents of violent disorder in London and other cities across the UK.
Blackshaw created an event and encouraged rioters to meet behind a McDonald's branch at a specified time. He wrote: 'We'll need to get on this kickin' off all over'
Sutcliffe-Keenan set up a page entitled 'Warrington Riots' and invited anyone who wished to be involved in a “riot” on the evening of Wednesday 10th August 2011 between 7pm and 10pm to sign up.
During the sentencing the Recorder of Chester Elgin Edwards praised the swift actions of Cheshire Police and said he hoped the sentences would act as a deterrent to others.
Martin McRobb, Crown Advocate for CPS Mersey-Cheshire said: "These posts caused significant panic and revulsion in local communities as rumours of anticipated violence spread."
Assistant Chief Constable Phil Thompson said: "The sentences passed down today recognise how technology can be abused to incite criminal activity and sends a strong message to potential troublemakers about the extent to which ordinary people value safety and order in their lives and their communities.”
In a separate hearing at Manchester Crown Court, Michael Gillespie-Doyle, 18, of Tameside, David Beswick, 31 and Stephen Carter, 26, both from Salford, were all jailed for their part in events last week.
Gillespie Doyle, who has at least 12 previous convictions for violence and dishonesty, was jailed for two years after being caught "red-handed" by police about to steal cigarettes in a Salisbury's shop in Manchester.
Beswick, a coach driver and father-of-one, mouthed the word `Ouch` after being jailed for 18 months for handling stolen goods.
And Carter, 26, stormed out of the dock after being given a 16-month prison sentence for handling £500 worth of shirts and shoes stolen from the Pretty Green boutique owned by Liam Gallagher.
A fourth defendant, Linda Boyd, 31, who has 62 previous convictions, was given a 10 month jail term suspended for two years after she was caught trying to drag away a £500 haul of alcohol, cigarettes and tobacco.
Judge Gilbart QC, Recorder of Manchester, said: “Those who choose to take part in activities of this type must understand that they do so at their peril.
“It is a message which I trust will deter others from engaging in this type of behaviour in the future”.
He described the rioting in Manchester “heartbreaking” and that the city and Salford “must now also endure the stigma which the terrible events of that night must leave in their wake as the world watched the mayhem of that night on its television screens”.
In separate developments yesterday, Martin Narey, the former head of the Prison Service who use to run the children’s charity Barnardo’s, said to hand a juvenile first time offender a criminal conviction was “savage”.
And Chris Sims, the Chief Constable of West Midlands, said some of the young people arrested in Birmingham have led difficult lives and should be shown compassion.
But the former Tory leader Lord Howard said: “What we saw last week was an absolutely appalling outbreak of violent behaviour and it is absolutely right that those who are responsible for that violent behaviour should be dealt with appropriately and that is what the courts are doing.” |
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