Pirate Bay Founder Released from Jail but Immediately Re-arrested
Source: Torrent Freak
Back in June after a highly technical court hearing, a jury at the Appeal Court in Denmark again found Gottfrid Svartholm guilty of hacking IT company CSC.
The ruling meant that the Pirate Bay founder had no further avenues for appeal, despite continuing to protest his innocence.
However, due to how the appeals process played out, Gottfrid’s jail sentence was close to completion anyway, meaning that the Swede would be up for parole middle to late August.
Yesterday morning and after several long years Gottfrid completed his Danish prison sentence, but freedom didn’t await the Pirate Bay founder. Rather than leaving Denmark a free man, Gottfrid was immediately re-arrested by the police. The disappointment wasn’t entirely unexpected, however.
Read more: https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-founder-released-from-jail-but-immediately-re-arrested-150828/
He still had 4 weeks of a sentence from Sweden to serve. He'll be out in September, though he is banned from Denmark for life.
