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2010-10-06 04:05:49
Oliver Drage was ordered to serve 16 weeks at a young offenders institution on
Monday
A teenager has been jailed for 16 weeks after he refused to give police the
password to his computer.
Oliver Drage, 19, of Liverpool, was arrested in May 2009 by police tackling
child sexual exploitation.
Police seized his computer but could not access material on it as it had a
50-character encryption password.
Drage was convicted of failing to disclose an encryption key in September. He
was sentenced at Preston Crown Court on Monday.
Drage was arrested when he was living in Freckleton, Lancashire, but later
moved to Liverpool.
He was formally asked to disclose his password but failed to do so, which is an
offence under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, police said.
'Robust message'
Officers are still trying to crack the code on the computer to examine its
contents.
Det Sgt Neil Fowler, of Lancashire police, said: "Drage was previously of good
character so the immediate custodial sentence handed down by the judge in this
case shows just how seriously the courts take this kind of offence.
"Computer systems are constantly advancing and the legislation used here was
specifically brought in to deal with those who are using the internet to commit
crime.
"It sends a robust message out to those intent on trying to mask their online
criminal activities that they will be taken before the courts with the ultimate
sanction, as in this case, being a custodial sentence."