The Boss's name wouldn't be James Moriarty, by chance??

Just need Henri Mancini's classic theme to play over the tannoy at the court for that added effect.

Did he wear a black turtle neck sweater and have a pencil moustache??

' His mother, according to Blanchard's brief, said that the master crim "was always very good at taking apart toys, and dismantling them effectively. And I think probably that curiosity in life has obviously served him to develop his skills." '

Obviously, all future Hackers/Tinkerers will now be painted as potential Jewel Thieves.

If you are the parent of such a child you will soon, by-law, be obliged to notify the authorities so he gets carted away before he can cause any trouble.

Even better, we need to ban all toys now. By selling toys you are providing information that could incite terrorist acts.

...that it pays to be nice!

OH NO! "...always very good at taking apart toys, and dismantling them effectively...". That's my boy in a nut shell. Plus he is Canadian!

And my daughter hacked (social engineered) her way into the home router. What is a Canuck dad to do?

Honey where are the bubble wraps?

KC

if all criminals did it like that then the world would be a slightly nicer place. i reckon its ok that he gets less time behind bars than typical screaming shotgun waving psychopathic criminal types. crime against the human should be punished more than non-violent theft.

the important question though is...

i wonder how much money he'll make when he signs away the movie rights.??

Welcome to Canada where real jail time is reserved for people who kill, .... wait that can't be right, considering a former Winnipeg police officer received a conditional sentence (NO JAIL TIME) for killing a mother of 3 in a drunk driving accident.

but the sentence "Blanchard seemed to care very much about the people he was involved in" evoques more the deeds of a Gigolo/sexual offender than anything else.

Or maybe "To be involved in (someone)" has another meaning across the pond ?

You will only get that kind of school and treatment in Ankh-Morpork. I have yet to find a place comprable here in this dimension.