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SUSPENDED JAIL TERM FOR GAMBLER WHO
TRIED TO SELL KIDNEY ON NET
A salesman who tried to sell one of his kidneys in an internet chat room to
pay off gambling debts walked free from court yesterday after receiving
1)___________.
Daniel Tuck, 26, the first person in Britain to be convicted of contravening
the Human Tissue Act, agreed a price of £24,000 for the organ with an
undercover reporter, Wolverhampton 2)_________.
Judge Michael Challinor said he believed Tuck, from Oldbury, West
Midlands, was a dishonest individual who had no intention of donating a kidney.
He suspended Tuck's 12-month sentence for two years and 3)____ £250 in costs.
Judge Challinor told Tuck, who had previous convictions for theft and
deception: "There is much public disquiet surrounding the sale of body parts and
an understandable revulsion at such practices. A sentence incorporating an
element of deterrence is required." Helena Miller, prosecuting, told the court Tuck
had 4)_______ last month to a charge of offering to supply human material for
transplantation.
Tuck was questioned by police after meeting a reporter from the
Birmingham-based Sunday Mercury newspaper and agreeing a price of £24,000
for the kidney. The meeting was arranged in May last year after Tuck posted
5)____________ used by those suffering from kidney disease.
During the meeting, Tuck confirmed he was aware that sale of organs in the
United Kingdom was illegal, Ms Miller said.
Tuck was arrested in June last year and told police he had recently split with
his girlfriend and was £25,000 in debt. "He said he wasn't thinking straight," Ms
Miller said. "He said he put the advert on the site to see what would happen."
Jas Mann, defending, said his client had been a broken man at 6)_______.
He said that Tuck was gambling on a regular basis and that whatever he was
earning, he had "pumped into" fruit machines.
A spokesman for the Human Tissue Authority, set up under the 2004 Human
Tissue Act to take action against trafficking in organs, said Tuck's conviction was
the first successful prosecution of its kind.
(http://www.guardian.co.uk/gambling/story/0,,2078157,00.html#article_continue
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LISTENING
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punishment description. Before listening complete
the questions below.
· I’m afraid of being involved in a crime
because……..
· To be a witness of any crime means…………….
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