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Matthew Higgins: Guilty of hacking at Eirias High School Matthew Higgins: Guilty of hacking at Eirias High School
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A sixth form pupil accused of hacking into his school computer system has been found guilty. A sixth form pupil accused of hacking into his school computer system and attempting to do it again two months later has been found guilty.
Matthew Higgins, now 20 and at university, always denied securing unauthorised access to computer data at Eirias High School, Colwyn Bay.Matthew Higgins, now 20 and at university, always denied securing unauthorised access to computer data at Eirias High School, Colwyn Bay.
He claimed there was a conspiracy to fabricate evidence against him. A jury at Caernarfon Crown Court had heard he was a "clever young man" caught red-handed.
But the jury at Caernarfon Crown Court found him guilty on Friday and he will be sentenced at a later date. The judge said she would consider all options in sentencing Higgins.
Higgins was remanded on bail until sentencing at Mold Crown Court on 30 November and refused to comment as he left the court.
The trial was told Higgins, the son of a police inspector, got access to a girl's file and then sent a fake email to Clwyd West assembly member Darren Millar.
He claimed in the email to be a constituent suggesting there was an insecure internet system at the school.
Higgins also complained to police that his own computer had been hacked and that he had been "set up".
The prosecution said Higgins "played a game of bluff and smoke screens" and tried to portray himself as a victim.