http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22552753
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22526021
Of particular interest in the 2nd link is the part where the leader of the group says:
"The internet was my world, but it was a very limited world. It was a very cynical world and I became a very cynical person.
At the time, I was a teenager living on the remote Shetland Islands. My stepfather had died a few years earlier and my mother and brother had moved to England. I was alone.
I had become a near recluse, rejecting the real world in favour of internet chat rooms. I was quite mentally unstable, and in a bad place"
Despite this touching plea, he still got sent down for 2 years.
Something for you to think about, Doc.
What complete and utter bullshit. He doesn't really feel that way, lol. He just told the predictable fuckwits what they wanted to hear in order to gain some of their respect back and possibly lessen his punishment.
@previous (E)
As a person suffering from autism, OP believes that the police have nothing better to do than punish people on the internet who say things that upset him.