Man pleads guilty in tsunami hoax email case

What a scumbag:

A 40-year-old man pleaded guilty today to sending hoax e-mails to friends and relatives of people missing following the Asian tsunami. Christopher Pierson, 40, from Ruskington, Lincolnshire, appeared at Horseferry Road Magistrates Court in London charged with malicious communication and causing a public nuisance. The e-mails were sent to people who placed appeals for information on the Sky News website. The messages, which claimed to be from the "Foreign Office Bureau" in Thailand, told them their loved ones were dead. Pierson was initially arrested in Lincolnshire on New Year’s Eve in a joint operation between Scotland Yard and Lincolnshire Police. Computer equipment was also seized and the man was released on bail pending further inquiries. He was rearrested on Saturday night and taken to a central London police station for further questioning before being charged.

Let's hope the Crown throws the book at this worthless degenerate.