which wasn’t violent

He was planning to threaten with a gun (real or fake) which is considered a violent crime. Armed robbery was his intention.

The fact he was arrested before he managed to threaten anyone is a moot point.

He could’ve just accepted being deported and moved on with his life. He chose limbo and it seems that is all but guaranteed to push him into further crime as there’s no other way to make a living.

Deporting him solves the problem for the UK as he ceases to be their problem. Not deporting him at the end of his incarceration is the strange part.

There was a similar incident in Australia a while back.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-30/kristian-white-sentence-appeal-court/105533064

Absolute cowards the lot of them.

You can still make a moral judgement based on your own values.

Strangely they keep asking where I got the Elephants foot.

I keep telling them it’s from an Elephant but they won’t stop asking!

His last ditch claim was that it wasn’t plagiarism, it was autistic mimicry, which is an insult to autistic individuals everywhere.

Looks like a conman who couldn’t handle reality catching up with him.

There’s an implicit assumption there about who initiated which won’t always be the case

Is it manipulation if they both know the deal or is it a transaction that’s frowned upon?

One caused by deliberately adulterating food products with raw sewage? Not to my knowledge.

Not in my country but good try.

Oh it gets worse! He tried to use police to shut down legitimate journalist inquiry!

Separately, the Metropolitan Police confirmed it had investigated a journalist over an allegation of harassment after he emailed questions to Arday, before concluding no offence had been committed.

I think the cruelty that I’ve experienced, and the positioning of me as this kind of liar and fantasist, is totally unacceptable.”

Plagiarism is lying and quite a few reputable academics are raising the alarm.

When asked to identify other people who took part in these efforts, Arday said he had signed NDAs preventing him from disclosing that information.

Honestly who would believe this? The charities would have the receipts and he could simply direct any inquiries to them.

The Guardian also asked Arday about his claim to have run 600 miles in six days

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“had to put rest days in between the running days just to finish” the 600-mile challenge, which was actually completed over a 12-day period.

I suppose counting isn’t a requirement for professors at Cambridge.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1e146jw618o

Oops. Already gone.

He appears to be a compulsive liar and I have to wonder how he wormed his way into such a prominent position in academia which is meant to be heavily scrutinised.

I recall an article about people adulterating stinky tofu with sewerage.

Could be the best food out there and I would still never touch it.

Genuinely impressive if they’re too dumb for the marines, the dumbest woman I’ve ever had the displeasure of meeting was a marine.

She was the dumbest by a wide margin and I went to high school with two girls with Down syndrome.

Ministers have vowed to deport the men after they were sentenced.

It’s almost shocking when sanity prevails