Kitz ADSL Broadband Information
adsl spacer  
Support this site
Home Broadband ISPs Tech Routers Wiki Forum
 
     
   Compare ISP   Rate your ISP
   Glossary   Glossary
 
Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  

News:

Author Topic: Boss of Notorious UK Internet Copyright Troll Firm Sent to JAIL in Tears  (Read 1212 times)

Bowdon

  • Content Team
  • Kitizen
  • *
  • Posts: 2395

Boss of Notorious UK Internet Copyright Troll Firm Sent to JAIL in Tears

Quote
The Managing Director of consultancy firm Hatton & Berkeley (H&B), Robert Croucher, which became notorious for hounding subscribers of UK ISPs (e.g. Sky Broadband) with letters demanding payment for suspected Internet piracy, has been sent to jail in tears after assaulting a Taxi driver.

The practice of so-called “Speculative Invoicing” is widely frowned upon, not least due to its reliance upon fallible IP address based evidence (usually gathered via public File Sharing networks) and for the bullying nature of its approach. People who fail to reach a settlement are often threatened with court, but such action almost never occurs and those cases that have been attempted were not successful.
Logged
BT Full Fibre 500 - Smart Hub 2

Bowdon

  • Content Team
  • Kitizen
  • *
  • Posts: 2395
Re: Boss of Notorious UK Internet Copyright Troll Firm Sent to JAIL in Tears
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2016, 10:33:31 AM »

A good story to start your weekend  ;D
Logged
BT Full Fibre 500 - Smart Hub 2

RayW

  • Member
  • **
  • Posts: 42
Re: Boss of Notorious UK Internet Copyright Troll Firm Sent to JAIL in Tears
« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2016, 09:42:47 AM »

What goes around comes around .. :D
Logged

kitz

  • Administrator
  • Senior Kitizen
  • *
  • Posts: 33879
  • Trinity: Most guys do.
    • http://www.kitz.co.uk
Re: Boss of Notorious UK Internet Copyright Troll Firm Sent to JAIL in Tears
« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2016, 12:27:27 PM »

So he was sent to jail for

Quote
has been sent to jail in tears after he violently assaulted a Taxi driver, Mohammed Hussein, while heavily intoxicated. The court documents state that Croucher slapped, pushed and then kicked Mr Hussein a number of times, including to the head.

So he should be. 
Nothing to do with H&B, but just goes to show what a bully he is.
Logged
Please do not PM me with queries for broadband help as I may not be able to respond.
-----
How to get your router line stats :: ADSL Exchange Checker
 

anything