Flights HQ thief jailed; COURTS.
AN IT engineer who sold pounds 58,000 of equipment stolen from
Britain's National Air Traffic Control Centre on eBay (eBay, Inc., San Jose, CA, www.ebay.com) The major auction service on the Web. eBay popularized the concept of buying and selling online, and both individuals and commercial enterprises list items for sale. was yesterday
jailed for 15 months.
Judge Peter Henry branded Andrew Woffinden "a threat to
national security" after hearing computers he took from the
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base contained secret data on military and commercial flights.
He claimed to have wiped them but lacked the expertise to do so.
Portsmouth crown court was told Woffinden, 43, of Fareham, Hants, stole
to pay his wife's credit cards.
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