[masswerk]

Compare Linux Reviews, "Solaris-user arrested by British Police for using Lynx" -- http://linuxreviews.org/news/2005/01/28_0001/28_0001.html.en

[holmb]

That is scary indeed. Was he convicted? Police do make mistakes and one can only hope that they are corrected.

[masswerk]

I faintly recall reading (to my utter astonishment) that he was at least not freed from the accusation as you would have expected. I tried a search for any follow-ups, but to no avail. Maybe due to the "right to forget." (Information conveyed without warranty, liability or claim of correctness. It has been 12 years since, I may be in error.)

[gsnedders]

He might have never been charged, and being released without charge is rarely reported.