ビデオ gamer, 28, who was first British person to be 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d with 'swatting' after he made hoax 緊急 call to US police which ended in 犠牲者存在発射 twice by a SWAT team 避けるs 刑務所，拘置所

Published: 13:43 BST, 19 April 2024 | Updated: 17:55 BST, 19 April 2024

A ビデオ gamer who was the first British person to be 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d with 'swatting' after he made a hoax call to US police resulting in the 犠牲者存在発射 twice has 避けるd 刑務所，拘置所.

Robert Walker-McDaid, 28, rang a Maryland?明言する／公表するテロ行為 hotline on に代わって of an online gaming friend in the US.

A 裁判官 heard the friend, Zachary 物陰／風下, told him one of his friends had been beaten up by a 麻薬売買業者 and he '手配中の，お尋ね者 to do something about it'.

The に引き続いて day, Walker-McDaid rang the hotline 提起する／ポーズをとるing as Tyran Dobbs - who he did not know - and （人命などを）奪う，主張するd to have three 人質s who would be '遂行する／発効させるd' that afternoon.?

Walker-McDaid had earlier been the first person 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d in this country with offences associated with the 現象 of ‘swatting’.?

The craze of placing such hoax calls is known as 'swatting' and was popular amongst gamers at the time in the US, and 伴う／関わるd players making 偽の calls to 巻き込む others in serious 罪，犯罪s and 原因（となる） panic and an 武装した返答.

Robert Walker-McDaid, 28, rang a Maryland 明言する／公表するテロ行為 hotline on に代わって of an online gaming friend in the US

Tyran Dobbs, pictured, was 発射 in the 直面する with a plastic 弾丸 during a （警察の）手入れ，急襲 on his apartment in Maryland after a SWAT team 答える／応じるd to 偽の報告（する）／憶測s of a 人質状況／情勢

Robert Walker-McDaid (pictured) is the first British person to be 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d for taking part in the 'swatting' craze

A 法廷，裁判所 heard that as a result of the call in February 2015, 武装した officers supported by 人質交渉者s and 戦術の部隊s descended on Mr Dobbs' home.

His '失敗 to 従う十分に with 指示／教授／教育s to keep his 手渡すs up' led to Mr Dobbs 存在発射 in the chest and 直面する with rubber 弾丸s.

Yesterday, more than nine years after the 出来事/事件, Walker-McDaid walked 解放する／自由な from 法廷，裁判所 with a 一時停止するd 宣告，判決.

検察官，検事 Matthew Barnes said: 'Walker-McDaid was asked by an online friend called Zachary 物陰／風下 to help him in swatting a man in the USA ? swatting 存在 the 召喚するing of a Special 武器s and 策略 team to another's 演説（する）／住所.'

US 当局以前 told how Walker-McDaid had 答える／応じるd 'I'll do it when I'm up', when 物陰／風下 made his request 経由で the Skype internet telephone service.

Mr Barnes said the 被告 called the hotline （人命などを）奪う，主張するing to be '持つ／拘留するing three 人質s with a firearm and 爆発性のs' and 問題／発行するd a $15,000 (￡12,051) 身代金 to be paid within 15 minutes or the '人質s will be 遂行する／発効させるd'.

'Mr Dobbs' 演説（する）／住所 was 供給するd', the barrister said. '武装した police were （軍隊を）展開する，配備するd along with 戦術の部隊s and 人質交渉者s.'

Walker-McDaid rang the hotline 提起する／ポーズをとるing as Tyran Dobbs (pictured) - who he did not know - and （人命などを）奪う，主張するd to have three 人質s who would be '遂行する／発効させるd' that afternoon

Robert Walker-McDaid seen leaving Warwick 栄冠を与える法廷，裁判所 this afternoon

Mr Dobbs 苦しむd fractures to his nose, 注目する，もくろむ socket and upper pallet, and a broken wrist. He 要求するd recons tructive 外科.

Mr Barnes told Warwick 栄冠を与える法廷，裁判所 said the 被告 had made other 誤った calls to the police and had 'bragged about how 平易な it had been' to dupe the US police.

The 法廷，裁判所 heard 物陰／風下 was 逮捕（する）d and later pleaded 有罪の to 供給するing 誤った（警察などへの）密告，告訴（状）, receiving a two-year 刑務所，拘置所称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語.

Howard 郡 Police Department, the 連邦検察局 and 国際刑事警察機構 enquiries traced Walker-McDaid to his Coventry, West Midlands home 経由で his Skype account with the username 'Meowobikiniz'.

He received notification 'out of the blue' in 2016 that he was 支配する to a US 犯罪の調査.

The に引き続いて year he was 正式に起訴するd, 誘発する／引き起こすing '長引いた国外逃亡犯人の引渡し訴訟／進行s', with the 使用／適用最終的に辞退するd, on 控訴，上告, by a British 裁判官予定 to his 医療の circumstances and family background.

The 法廷，裁判所 heard the 被告 had been 診断するd with autism spectrum disorder and had discovered his father 死んだ during the three year 国外逃亡犯人の引渡し訴訟／進行s.

The 事例／患者 was then 手渡すd to West Midlands Police to 調査／捜査する and Walker-McDaid made 十分な admissions when interviewed in September 2021.

He said he had been 'haunted' by what happened to Mr Dobbs and said he hadn't considered the consequences of his call. The 法廷，裁判所 heard Walker-McDaid said he 'felt like he had been in a ビデオ game'.

Walker-McDaid was 宣告，判決d to 20 months' in 刑務所，拘置所, 一時停止するd for 18 months after he 認める perverting the course of 司法（官） at Warwick 栄冠を与える法廷，裁判所 (pictured)

The 法廷，裁判所 was told there was no 証拠 that Mr Dobbs, from Ellicott City, Maryland, had sold 麻薬s to anyone.

訴訟／進行s then 立ち往生させるd again 予定 to 延期するs 原因（となる）d in 得るing 証拠 from US 当局 and an 初期の決定／判定勝ち（する） by the West Midlands 軍隊 to を取り引きする the 被告 by way of a 警告を与える, which was …に反対するd by the 栄冠を与える起訴 Service.

Walker-McDaid, who the 法廷，裁判所 heard now has a 十分な-time 職業支払う／賃金ing ￡36,000-a-year, pleaded 有罪の to perverting the course of 司法（官） in January and returned to 法廷，裁判所 for 宣告，判決ing this morning.

David Williams, defending, said the 事例／患者 was one of 'serious criminality' and 物陰／風下 had been 'on the 有毒な fringes of the online gaming community', but said the 被告's 悔恨, neurodivergence, family history and 早期に有罪の嘆願 were all factors which could 許す for a 一時停止するd 宣告，判決.

裁判官 Anthony Potter agreed, 手渡すing the 被告 a 20-month 宣告，判決, 一時停止するd for 18 months. Walker-McDaid was also ordered to carry out 200 hours of 未払いの work in the community, 完全にする a ten-hour rehabilitation 必要物／必要条件 and 支払う／賃金 Mr Dobbs � �1,000 in 補償（金）.

The 裁判官 said there was no 証拠 Walker-McDaid continued to 所有する '犯罪の態度s' and said he believed the 被告 could be 首尾よく rehabilitated.

The 法廷，裁判所 heard that although Walker-McDaid had first come into 接触する with 物陰／風下 online in 2012 when he was 16, but had never been to America.

He had no 前科s.

に引き続いて the 出来事/事件, Mr Dobbs criticised police for their 返答 and asked why they did not check the authenticity of the call before 事実上の／代理.

Officers 報道によれば ignored his father, Tom, and his cousin telling them there was no 人質状況／情勢 and that the いわゆる人質 taker was 現実に asleep.

In an interview with a US news channel?, Mr Dodds said: 'How did y'all not trace this call 支援する? How did y'all not 人物／姿／数字 out where it （機の）カム from?'

While swatting is not an offence under UK 法律, Hannah Sidaway, Specialist 検察官，検事 for CPS West Midlands, said the craze was 'no joke', 追加するing: 'It is a serious 罪，犯罪 that can have life-changing consequences ? as this 犠牲者's terrible 傷害s 明確に show.

'Walker-McDaid's 臆病な／卑劣な online 行為／法令／行動する had a 破滅的な衝撃 on a 犠牲者 in the real world, and he wrongly thought hiding behind anonymity would 許す him to escape 司法（官）.

'His 有罪の判決証明するs these 違反者／犯罪者s cannot hide from the 十分な軍隊 of the 法律.'

Erek L. Barron, 部隊d 明言する／公表するs 弁護士／代理人／検事 for the 地区 of Maryland, said: 'We will continue to use every 道具 at our 処分 and work closely with our international partners to 確実にする that those who 捜し出す to 害（を与える） Americans will 直面する司法（官）, wherever they may be.'

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