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Post by Jeff on Mar 19, 2016 15:39:04 GMT
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Post by graham on Mar 20, 2016 14:39:52 GMT
....and "geeks" right at the bottom. Kenya is right in the thick of it as far as IS involvement is concerned. Photos have been banned since 2013 so I wonder why they went there anyway? They must have known the risks they ran if taking photos. An airport official "might" have given them permission but who gave him permission?
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Post by Jeff on Mar 21, 2016 9:32:09 GMT
Latest is a £1400 fine or year in prison....wonder how long it took them to decide which option to take !!! lol
This doesnt seem to be the first time these guys have got in trouble
The men have pursued their hobby all over the world. Photos on Abbott’s Facebook page show trips to Europe, South America, Japan, the Middle East and former Soviet countries.
A comment on Gibson’s Facebook page – with a photo apparently showing Glover at a secret airbase in Ukraine – suggested he had been arrested while on a previous plane-spotting holiday.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2016 15:59:10 GMT
Via Kenya Star:
Four Britons charged with taking photos without permission at Nairobi's Wilson Airport will either pay Sh200,000 fines each or spend a year in jail. A court heard on Monday that Stephen Gibson, 59, Ian Glover, 46, Edwin Swift, 47 and Paul William, 47, did not obtain the permission of the Kenya Airports Authority manager.The suspects also allegedly refused to follow officer Douglas Singei's instructions before committing the offence on March 11, at the East African Air Charter Hanger Airside.They appeared before senior resident magistrate Stephen Jalang'o at Makadara law courts.
The court heard that the four arrived in Kenya on March 10 on a three-day transit visa. They went to the airport the next day to meet manager Charles Owino for permission to enter the airside.They were denied access, as their passports had not been checked by the relevant authority, and advised to return to the KAA for its manager's permission.The court heard that they ignored this advice and entered the area in question in reflective jackets, and took photographs of aircraft.The prosecution said they were found with five memory cards, two iPhones, a Nokia phone, a mini laptop and an iPad.
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Post by graham on Mar 21, 2016 19:06:06 GMT
If that's the case tarnish, then they deserve what they got. I wonder what it takes to get through to some people? Or maybe they just thought they would get away with it. We go to Greece a lot, and many of the main airports there have very good access and viewing but there's nothing would make me decide to chance getting the camera out. All the airports have very strict security and there are signs everywhere forbidding photography.
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