Saturday, November 18, 2006

'Web-rage' man gets prison term

In England, a man was sentenced to two years in prison after being found guilty of assaulting another man with a pickaxe handle. They had been exchanging insults in an internet chatroom.

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1. assaulted 2. be underestimated 3. has been jailed 4. highlights
5. tracked 6. was armed 7. was beaten


A man _______ for more than two years after carrying out the UK's first "web-rage" attack on an internet user. He admitted unlawful wounding last month.
Paul Gibbons, 47, _________ John Jones, 43, at his Essex home, after the pair exchanged insults in an internet chatroom.
Gibbons, of Bermondsey, south-east London, ________ down father-of-three Mr Jones to Clacton, from personal details he put online.
He ________ with a pickaxe handle and was with a man carrying a machete.
Mr Jones _______ and had his neck cut after going to the door of his home with a knife.
"The circumstances are unusual," said Judge Richard Hawkins after passing sentence.
"This case ________ the dangers of internet chatrooms, particularly with regards to giving personal details that will allow other users to discover home addresses," said Jean-Marc Bazzoni of Essex Police.
Mr Bazzoni said Mr Jones' "terrifying ordeal" was a consequence of "upsetting somebody he had never even met".
"The dangers of giving personal information out in a chatroom environment must never _______."

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