Man who shone laser pen at police helicopter avoids jail ‘by a whisker’ – The Guardian

Posted April 11th, 2012 in community service, endangering safety of aircraft, news, sentencing by sally

“A father of five who accidentally shone a laser pen at a police helicopter, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing, has been told by a judge that he had avoided jail ‘by a whisker’.”

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The Guardian, 10th April 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk