TalkTalk hacker Elliott Gunton: Parents acted out of 'misguided loyalty'.

PositionCarlie and Jason Gunton

The parents of a teenage hacker acted with a "misguided sense of loyalty" by helping him transfer ill-gotten cryptocurrency, a judge has said.At Norwich Crown Court, Carlie and Jason Gunton admitted transferring their son Elliott's criminal property.

Gunton, 19, was sentenced to 20 months in August for hacking offences and money laundering.Jason Gunton, 45, received a five-month jail sentence and Carlie Gunton three months, both suspended for a...

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