15th August 1999 Archive

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ICQ users slammed in priest child porn case

Paedophiles 'thought they were untouchable'

An English Catholic priest has been convicted for downloading child pornography from an ICQ chat-room, used by "dozens of paedophiles". The Reverend John Wingfield, 56, stored the obscene images on a computer at a Catholic girls school in Kingston, Surrey, where he used to teach. He was put on two years' probation and placed on …

Business 15 Aug 1999, 18:15
Full coverage: Child Pornography

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Paedophile Net charges and convictions Singer Gary Glitter jailed for net child porn Canadian pedo vindicated by appellate court Net child porn users searched for real-life abuse Disney Web exec on child porn charge Child porn GP struck off the medical register ICQ users slammed in priest child porn case Gulf War veteran …

Business 15 Aug 1999, 18:15
Email ‘cheating’ students face mass expulsion

Unmasked by plagiarism-detecting software

Edinburgh University last month launched the UK's biggest enquiry into cheating after uncovering "startling similarities" in coursework submitted by students on its computer science course. A group of students accused of sharing "programming solutions" by email now face fines or expulsion. But academic sleuths unmasked the …

Business 15 Aug 1999, 19:48
Bill Gates to serve burgers if feds win

We have the photographic evidence...

Our good friend Q and DEC watcher Terry Shannon took time out last week to explore some of the mountains in the US -- of which there are many. He went to the Adirondacks, a fine old Indian place. And what should he happen across but what Bill Gates might do if he ever gets fed up of Frank Lloyd Wright, et al? Here then, are the …

Business 15 Aug 1999, 19:59