http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...ntral-16144640
Quote:
Two teenagers who used Facebook to try to start a riot in a Scottish city have been locked up for three years each.
Shawn Divin, 16, and Jordan McGinley, 18, were administrators of a Facebook page called "Riot in the toon" which urged people to "kill some daftys".
The Dundee riot page was published during the summer's unrest in England.
Divin, who was described as an inmate at Polmont youth offenders institute, and McGinley, from Dundee, had earlier pleaded guilty to breaching the peace.
Sheriff Elizabeth Munro sentenced Divin to a total of four years and three months, which included one year for breaching a previous probation order and three months for breaching his bail by inciting riots.
Dundee Sheriff Court heard that the Facebook page encouraged others to smash up buildings, loot shops and attack police officers at the time of the riots which swept several English cities in August.
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The sentence seems harsh considering that they'd pleaded guilty to a crime in which no damage was done - what if the "riot" had taken place - would they have got life sentences ?
