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Maybe you should add the Case in the UK where some one bribed some BT call centre employee to look up address of the parents of some one in witness protection.
by walshemj 7y ago
Maybe you should add the Case in the UK where some one bribed some BT call centre employee to look up address of the parents of some one in witness protection.
Parents where then killed by a hitman - bent employees got done on various conspiracy charges - tarrif is something like 10 -20 years for that.
- stordoff 7y ago> During the investigation of the Stirland murders, police found that corrupt BT workers had given out details of where the couple had moved. As a direct result, Gunn was able to track them down. Of note, not witness protection: > The couple declined to join a witness protection programme and instead decided to leave their Nottingham council estate. > The pair, originally from Nottingham, were forced into hiding when Mrs Stirland's son, Michael O'Brien, murdered a man connected to a criminal gang in 2003. [the son was in jail: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/aug/11/ukcrime.patrickbarkham https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/aug/11/ukcrime.patrickba...] https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/feb/22/ukcrime1 https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/feb/22/ukcrime1 > bent employees got done on various conspiracy charges - tarrif is something like 10 -20 years for that. At least two of the employees got a suspended sentence: > Kelly and Pickering later admitted computer misuse and were given suspended jail sentences. Both were sacked by BT. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/4821810.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/4821810.s... I can't find what happened to the first - the one who had direct contact with the gang.
- walshemj 7y agoAh it might have been the main one - the reason I think the UK has such weak is is a large number of NUJ members would be in jail