First-ever UK ‘swatting’ sentence passed after man shot in face by armed unit due to hoax call

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1. And again the punishment is soo lenient, could have potentially killed someone, especially with the level of risk that was involved.

   Why he wasn’t exported to serve his crimes out in a us prison.

2. This sentence is an absolute joke. Basically says to the public that if you’re gonna kill or seriously harm someone, ~~do it with a car~~ swat them.

3. This is so dangerous and anyone doing this is absolutely deranged.

   >They then shot Mr Dobbs in the face and chest with plastic bullets, thinking he was the instigator.

   A completely innocent man – it’s a failure from the SWAT team as well

4. Swatting my enemies to avoid a lengthy prison sentence is still too much trouble though…I’ll just run them down in my car instead /s

5. The SWAT team are just as inept in this scenario, although considering recent events, I dont see why anyone intelligent, level headed and adept would want to be an armed police officer.

6. This is literally a lower sentence in every capacity, than when I threw one punch to help a woman being assaulted on a night out, almost 10 years ago.

   How is that fair? This is a pathetic punishment

7. >guilty to perverting the course of justice.

   Ignoring for a moment the fact that American police are trigger happy, this should be at least an attempted murder charge, surely.

   He was deliberately trying to get someone shot (kind of an inverse suicide by cop)

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9. Okay but does the person who ***shot him in the face*** also get a charge?

10. What I always found crazy about “swatting” is that you can just anonymously call in a tip to the police and they will knock a door down, fully armed and ready to kill, no questions asked? That’s insane.

11. “He was sentenced to 20 months behind bars, suspended for 18 months at Warwick Crown Court, after pleading guilty to perverting the course of justice.

    He was sentenced to 20 months behind bars, suspended for 18 months at Warwick Crown Court, after pleading guilty to perverting the course of justice.

    The 28-year-old was also ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid work and made to pay £1,000 in compensation to Mr Dobbs.”

    20 months?! LMAO. Yeah that’s sure a long time.

    He serves 2 months?!

    What a joke of a country. Holy shit.

    “Meanwhile, Lee was sentenced to two years in prison in January 2018.”

    What did he do in 2018 to get 2 years?!

12. >He was sentenced to 20 months behind bars, suspended for 18 months at Warwick Crown Court, after pleading guilty to perverting the course of justice.

    So he didn’t even go to prison? For helping cause a situation that lead to life changing injuries.

13. I remember when this started happening during xbox live days in the late 2000s ish. People would be hacking each other’s accounts, using DDoS attacks to attack each other in video game lobbies (halo 3). It got to the point where teenagers house would be raided by swat teams that some other angry teenager had managed to call in, it’s insane how it’s possible.