- Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:36 pm
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I spotted some interesting quotes attributed to this guy at his current trial (highlighted below). This lunatic HAS to be an avid Mail reader, surely????
Story from BBC NEWS:
MAN CONVICETD OVER LETTER BOMBS
A primary school caretaker has been found guilty of carrying out a letter bomb campaign in which eight people were injured.
Miles Cooper, 27, from Cambridge, told Oxford Crown Court he had been angry at authorities and "concerned about the direction my country was heading in".
Seven letter bombs were sent to addresses in England and Wales earlier this year, five of which exploded. Cooper, who was convicted on all 12 counts, will be sentenced on Friday.
Cooper had told the court his aim was "ultimately to highlight my cause" and denied charges related to the seven letter bombs sent in January and February. He did not contest that he sent the letters to three forensic science laboratories, a computer company, an accountancy firm, the DVLA and a residential address, but denied intending to cause injury.
They were sent, he added, to organisations he believed were connected to government control, surveillance and monitoring.
During his testimony, Cooper said he had concerns over the amount of power given to the government. "If you give a small group of people [the government] too much power, they will eventually end up abusing it.". Referring to the issue of Britain being a "surveillance society", he said: "We are one of the most watched societies on the planet."
Story from BBC NEWS:
MAN CONVICETD OVER LETTER BOMBS
A primary school caretaker has been found guilty of carrying out a letter bomb campaign in which eight people were injured.
Miles Cooper, 27, from Cambridge, told Oxford Crown Court he had been angry at authorities and "concerned about the direction my country was heading in".
Seven letter bombs were sent to addresses in England and Wales earlier this year, five of which exploded. Cooper, who was convicted on all 12 counts, will be sentenced on Friday.
Cooper had told the court his aim was "ultimately to highlight my cause" and denied charges related to the seven letter bombs sent in January and February. He did not contest that he sent the letters to three forensic science laboratories, a computer company, an accountancy firm, the DVLA and a residential address, but denied intending to cause injury.
They were sent, he added, to organisations he believed were connected to government control, surveillance and monitoring.
During his testimony, Cooper said he had concerns over the amount of power given to the government. "If you give a small group of people [the government] too much power, they will eventually end up abusing it.". Referring to the issue of Britain being a "surveillance society", he said: "We are one of the most watched societies on the planet."
- By youngian