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SMS in Law
South African "SMS murder"
- 2 July 2004
"Van Aardt was strangled with
Strauss's shoelace and then buried in a shallow
grave near Julyan's house. The case has become
known in South Africa as the "SMS murder"
after Strauss sent text messages to his
British-based former girlfriend about the
murder. [
Daily News ]
Tale of Sex, Text and Murder,
grips Sweden - 10 June 2004
A nanny, a clergyman, mobile
phone messages from God and murder are the keys
to a complicated crime which has captivated
Sweden since the start of the year, reports
Reuters.
"In a country known for
cutting-edge mobile phone technology, SMS
messages have emerged as vital evidence.
Dagens Nyheter, one of Sweden's
top broadsheet newspapers, said the Knutby case
demonstrated how the latest technology could be
used to foster religious fanaticism. God
appearing by mobile phone is of course no
stranger than him appearing in a burning bush,"
it said in an editorial".
Wireless Messages Used as
Evidence in Court - 5 June 2004
Jon Sarche for the
Associated Press writes how more and more,
text messages are being used as evidence in
court cases.
Sarche points out that "the NBA
star Kobe Bryant case appears to be the first
high-profile U.S. criminal case in which cell
phone text messages could be entered into the
docket. But in Europe and Asia, where texting is
hugely popular, some criminal cases have hinged
on them".
Mobile Phone Held Drug Deal
Details - 31 May 2004
Australia's
Border Mail reports on yet another case
where text messaging has been used as evidence
in court. In this case, a Rutherglen man was
arrested on drug trafficking charges. Most of
the 400 SMS stored on his cell phone were
related to drug deals.
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