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| Bristol plane-spotters fined by court in India |
| 2010-03-06 |
| 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 |
| #3 A bizarre, lifeless hobby particular to the British Isles. Highly useful as a cover, though. Not the first time this has happened in India. |
| Posted by: gromky 2010-03-06 03:39 |
| #2 would be rather interested to know some of the background here The Indians were intrigued, too, suspecting some kind of James Bond type scheming. Sadly they're just men who spend their spare time watching planes - the high flying cousins of train spotters. You probably don't want to know much more than that. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2010-03-06 03:11 |
| #1 would be rather interested to know some of the background here |
| Posted by: abu do you love 2010-03-06 02:49 |
