Australians who won't unlock their phones could face ten years in jail

Re:Australians who won't unlock their phones could face ten ... by refurb on Thursday August 16, 2018 @02:28PM (#17777308)

Yeah, the court would never figure that one out and charge with destruction of evidence!

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Re:Australians who won't unlock their phones could face ten ... by kulahan on Thursday August 16, 2018 @03:12PM (#17777642)

"Why did you destroy your phone?"

"I was angry at losing a game of Pocket Tanks and I have anger management issues"

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Re:Australians who won't unlock their phones could face ten ... by refurb on Thursday August 16, 2018 @04:11PM (#17778076)

Court’s have never seen an excuse like that before. They’ll never figure it out!

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Re:Australians who won't unlock their phones could face ten ... by candiodari on Friday August 17, 2018 @04:02AM (#17781080)

Fortunately criminal courts require proof. If you have a lawyer ... this won't happen (probably).

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Re:Australians who won't unlock their phones could face ten ... by ball_of_lint on Thursday August 16, 2018 @03:12PM (#17777646)

For that to stick they would need proof that there was some evidence on the phone. Since the only way to prove that something was evidence on the phone is to know what was on the phone I'd expect that to be thrown out immediately.

If they were able to get the phones contents from some other avenue then destroying the phone had no purpose.

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Re:Australians who won't unlock their phones could face ten ... by DanBC on Thursday August 16, 2018 @03:25PM (#17777743)

> For that to stick they would need proof that there was some evidence on the phone.

They can make your life pretty fucking miserable while that's going on though.

And the innocence tax is pretty high. Most people on HN can afford good lawyers. What's the going rate for a good criminal defence team for a year?

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