Man pleads guilty to hoax quake emails

A father of two admitted today that he sent a string of hoax emails to friends and relatives of people missing following the Asian tsunami disaster.

Man pleads guilty to hoax quake emails
Mon, 03 Jan, 2005 - 12:17

A father of two admitted today that he sent a string of hoax emails to friends and relatives of people missing following the Asian tsunami disaster.

Christopher Pierson, 40, from Lincolnshire in England, sent some 35 emails to frantic relatives after they posted their details on the Sky News website.

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