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Dark website owner who encouraged ‘swatting’ and hoax bomb calls loses sentence bid

Callum Dare was sentenced to two years and three months at Cardiff Crown Court - (Tarian ROCU)

A man who encouraged a hoax call claiming there were nail bombs and hostages at a Cardiff hotel, leading to “widespread panic and disruption”, has lost a challenge against his jail sentence at the Court of Appeal.

Callum Dare was sentenced to two years and three months at Cardiff Crown Court after admitting in June to encouraging and boasting about “swatting” incidents.

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