UK Wi-Fi Freeloader Arrested, Charged - First case of its kind in the UK

Just weeks after a Tampa man was arrested for accessing an unsecured wireless hotspot from the street, a similar report emerges out of the UK. According to Silicon.com, UK police have arrested a Wi-Fi freeloader, fining him £500 and sentencing him to 12 months' conditional discharge (what us Yanks call probation). It's apparently the first such case in the UK. 'Police sources said Straszkiewicz was caught standing outside a building in a residential area holding a wireless-enabled laptop,' says the report