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flag 28-year-old British gamer Robert Walker-McDaid avoids jail for 2015 "swatting" hoax, resulting in rival Tyran Dobbs' shooting.

flag 28-year-old British gamer Robert Walker-McDaid avoided jail time for making a hoax call to a terrorist hotline about his rival, Tyran Dobbs, in 2015. flag The call prompted a US SWAT team to be dispatched, resulting in Dobbs being shot in the face and chest. flag Walker-McDaid, the first UK individual charged with "swatting," was handed a 20-month suspended sentence at Warwick Crown Court after pleading guilty to one count of perverting the course of justice.

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