July 9, 2006
Bus driver sent girl camphone clip of soldier being beheaded
A schoolbus driver who sent a clip of a Russian soldier being beheaded to a 12-year-old girl’s cellphone faces a jail sentence, reports The Times Online.
"John Stoneman, 39, admitted sending the girl the 30-second video clip as he drove her to school. Magistrates in Yeovil were told that the girl was distressed by the video, which is believed to have been made by rebels in Chechnya.
Stoneman was arrested after the message was traced to his phone. ... South Somerset magistrates were told that Stoneman sent the message as he took the girl to school in the village of Bower Hinton, near Yeovil. "
Related incidents:
-- Beheading video man sent to jail - A man who used his mobile phone to replay footage of a beheading in Iraq to a hotel shop worker has been jailed for 60 days (September 2005)
-- Mobile video footage of a hostage beheading - A man has been convicted of showing video footage of a hostage beheading in Iraq to a woman on his mobile phone (August 2005).
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