@lysenko
" and there should be no expectation that a British Citizen, in Britain should pay the slightest attention or even be aware of what those laws are."
I agree with all your points bar the one above - I think its somewhat absurd to pretend that someone who is obviously as au fait with computers as this guy wouldn't have the first clue that hacking is illegal. Aspergers is no excuse - that affects social behaviour, not intelligence and clearly he's not dumb so he must have known that when he hacked in he risking being nicked.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
