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Bristol plane-spotters fined by court in India
Two British plane-spotters have been fined 25,000 rupees each (£365) by an Indian court after admitting illegally monitoring aircraft.Stephen Hampton, 46, and Steven Ayres, 56, both from Bristol, appeared before magistrates in Delhi charged with intercepting communications. The pair, who had faced a jail term, were told they could return to the UK. They had sparked suspicion after asking a Delhi hotel for a room overlooking Indira Gandhi International Airport. They were carrying an air traffic control scanner, a laptop, binoculars and cameras. Posted by: john frum 2010-03-06 |
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