Poisoning — United Kingdom
A computer programmer has been jailed for 8 years for trying to buy deadly ricin poison from the Dark Web, after being inspired by the hit US television series Breaking Bad.
The programmer, 31, was found guilty last month [August 2015] of attempting to possess a chemical weapon between 10 Jan and 12 Feb 2015.
Sentencing of the perpetrator at the Old Bailey, Mr Justice Saunders told him that having a chemical weapon was “much more serious that possessing a firearm.” He said: “It seems to
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