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Re:Why we are suing the Administration by JetSetWilly on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @12:25PM (#24343488)
No, it happened in Scotland where none of these excuses apply, and the guy certainly was doing it as a joke: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Meechan
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Re:Why we are suing the Administration by sdoering on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @03:18AM (#24350838)
OK - then we have two cases, as nearly the same also happened in Germany[1]. In Germany the owner was sent to prison. As far as I am aware in Scotland the owner had to pay a fine [2].

I was initially wrong in assuming there would have been only one knucklehead on this planet doing something so obviously stupid.

Sorry for that.

[1]: https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article266388/Angeklagt-Herrc...

[2]: https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.gerichtsurteil-in-...

Sorry for the sources being in German only.

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Re:Why we are suing the Administration by RandoHolmes on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @06:50PM (#24348049)
Yep, that's the guy I was thinking of. Glad to see I wasn't that far off the mark.
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