Technology • Internet & Web
2020-06-09T04:16:02+00:00

Man sentenced to jail after lighting a 5G tower up

Michael Whitty, 47, has been sentenced to three years in prison for an arson attack on a phone mast in Kirkby, UK. The man had attacked the phone mast after reading conspiracy theories that linked the 5G technology to the Covid-19 pandemic. The mast was out of use for eleven days and the damage done was between £10,000 to £15,000

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