Life at media regulator Ofcom is not known for hitting 11 on the excite-o-meter, reports the Telegraph. However the mild-mannered boffins got called on to do a Sherlock Holmes when officers at Downview prison could not find who was taking over their internal radio service and broadcasting messages. Ofcom duly triangulated, or something, and found the culprit. The airwave bandit, who told the court he did it because he was "feeling lonely", broadcast messages about topics such as whether Muslim inmates should be made to eat bacon and made references to escaping.
