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Georgian police arrested the 75-year-old pensioner after she single-handedly cut off Internet connections in Georgia and neighbouring Armenia, the interior ministry said.

The woman hacked into the cable which runs through Georgia to Armenia, forcing internet users in both countries offline.

"She found the cable while collecting scrap metal and cut it with a view to stealing it," Georgian interior ministry spokesman Zura Gvenetadze said.

She was arrested in the village of Ksani, north of capital Tbilisi, and has been charged with damaging property.

The pensioner could face up to three years in prison if convicted.

"Taking into account her advancing years, she has been released pending the end of the investigation and subsequent trial," Mr Gvenetadze said.

The attempted cable theft last week brought down internet services for several hours.

Many Georgians' internet connections were also cut in 2009 by another scavenger who damaged the fibre-optic cable while hunting for scrap metal in the impoverished ex-Soviet state.

The company that owns the cable, Georgian Railway Telecom (GRT), said that the latest damage was serious.

It caused 90% of private and corporate online users in Armenia to lose access for nearly 12 hours while also hitting Georgian internet service providers.

"I cannot understand how this lady managed to find and damage the cable," GRT head of marketing Giorgi Ionatamishvili said.

"It has robust protection and such incidents are extremely rare."

GRT's slogan is "your reliable partner in the Caucasus region" and its fibre-optic network is also connected to Turkey and Azerbaijan.
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The lady clearly made a mistake. She poses no threat to the general public.

Will throwing her in jail benefit anyone?
 
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DAIR said:
The lady clearly made a mistake. She poses no threat to the general public.

Will throwing her in jail benefit anyone?
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you could say the same thing about our ****** , they are only after the lead from the church root, no real risk to anyone , what benefit is there to throwing them in jail?
 
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She was still trying to steal cabling though. She might not pose a threat but still commited a crime.
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This. She needs to appreciate that she can't go around and steal stuff that isn't hers. She may or may not be taught that this is correct in prison but she needs a lesson. Prison is for rehabilitation as well as punishment.
 
There are always people hanging around BT telephone exchanges trying to steal copper wire. I'm guessing sometimes delivery of wire gets left outside the exchange. Always dodgy folk snooping around for copper.
 
Seems fair.

I wouldn't want to lose my internet for 12 hours. Stealing lead from a Church roof is one thing, but turning the internet off, now you have crossed the line.
 
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Cutting people off from the internet is either the best or worst thing you could do, depending on your viewpoint. Either give her a medal or hang her until she is dead.
 
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