<div dir="ltr"><div id="gmail-page_wrapper"><div class="gmail-row"><div class="gmail-row"><div class="gmail-col-16" id="gmail-left-panel"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td><div id="gmail-story"><h1>Radio pirate sentenced to 21 months</h1><p>Jonathan Nally, writing in <a href="http://criticalcomms.com">criticalcomms.com</a> says a man who broadcast spurious  and potentially harmful calls on Victoria Police radio channels has been  sentenced to 21 months’ jail.</p><p> It&#39;s said Vaughan William George, 42, broadcast illegal calls on multiple<br>  occasions between January and October 2017. In one transmission, he attempted  to call off a police chase following an armed robbery.</p><p> The 42 year old was sentenced in the Latrobe Valley Magistrates Court<br>  on numerous charges, including illegally operating a radio communications<br>  transmitter, operating a transmitter to interfere with Victoria Police<br>  telecommunications, and drug and car theft offences.</p><p><a href="http://www.criticalcomms.com.au/content/industry/news/radio-pirate-sentenced-to-21-months-323725369#ixzz5By3jwBCQ" target="_blank">criticalcomms.com.au/content/industry/news/radio-pirate-sentenced-to-21-months-323725369#ixzz5By3jwBCQ</a></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div><br></div>