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My_Aphex_Twin
from Stockport (United Kingdom) on 2006-11-22 14:30 [#02006317]
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The Times October 18, 2006
Man has throat slashed in 'web rage' By Fran Yeoman
Police have warned chat-room users not to include personal details after a poster was tracked down
POLICE warned internet users to protect their real identities after a man was convicted yesterday of Britain’s first “web rage” attack.
Paul Gibbons, 47, of Bermondsey, southeast London, attacked John Jones with a pickaxe handle and knife, slitting his throat, after tracing Mr Jones to his house after an argument in an online chat room.
Gibbons pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to unlawful wounding yesterday in what police said was the first conviction of its kind. The court was told that Mr Jones, 43, had posted personal details about himself online and used his real name when participating in a Yahoo! chatroom dedicated to Islam, where he met Gibbons.
These details allowed Gibbons, who has a string of previous convictions for violence and weapons offences, to locate his victim’s home address in Clacton, Essex, using electoral records.
Gibbons, who used the username Pastordevil, argued about Muslims and the war on Iraq with Mr Jones through the chatroom. He then accused the father of three of being a paedophile, and told other chat room users of his plans for revenge.
Ibitayo Adebayo, for the prosecution, told the court: “There were exchanges of views between the victim and the defendant, which were threatening on both sides. Certainly there was some hostility.”
The lawyer said that on Boxing Day last year Mr Jones asked Gibbons “to attend a place near Tower Bridge in order to sort things out. The victim attended with his sister. The defendant did not.”
Gibbons, 47, then arrived at Mr Jones’s house on December 28 carrying a pickaxe handle, together with an unnamed accomplice armed with a machete.
“The victim was working on his computer,” Mr Adebayo continued. “His two elder children were just outside playing. His wife was taking a bath and the youngest child was asleep.
“The vict
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My_Aphex_Twin
from Stockport (United Kingdom) on 2006-11-22 14:32 [#02006318]
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The story rambles on a bit but you get the gist.
Can you imagine wanting to do the same to someone using this board, you'd have to fly accross the fucking world to do it.
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dog_belch
from Netherlands, The on 2006-11-22 14:35 [#02006321]
Points: 15098 Status: Addict | Followup to My_Aphex_Twin: #02006318 | Show recordbag
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Yahoo chat room, how tacky.
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My_Aphex_Twin
from Stockport (United Kingdom) on 2006-11-22 14:37 [#02006323]
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I know. Yahoo is for ex-convicts, thick ones too.
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DirtyPriest
from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2006-11-22 14:38 [#02006325]
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I doubt a debate like "who's better: squarepusher or autechre" could breed murder. But i'm not entirely sure.
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My_Aphex_Twin
from Stockport (United Kingdom) on 2006-11-22 14:40 [#02006328]
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Aphex Twin V Take That...
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Dannn_
from United Kingdom on 2006-11-22 14:45 [#02006330]
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are you swears?
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My_Aphex_Twin
from Stockport (United Kingdom) on 2006-11-22 14:51 [#02006335]
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No. I do swear a lot though.
*Across
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