Reply to post: Re: OK-ish

Shining lasers at planes in the UK could now get you up to 5 years in jail

Whitter

Re: OK-ish

As I read it, it does still require intent to (potentially) dazzle, just not the intent to cause a crash. So a much lower level of wilful harm can be prosecuted. Any lawyers in the house to check on that? As others have said, the law is one thing; finding the culprit is quite another.

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