Given that what he said was essentially true, I think the magistrates would have been hard pressed to find against him. Perhaps they're irate NTL customers too?

By the way, NTL have just launched their 10Mb broadband package though the likelihood of my ever getting it is next to zero. Surprisingly (heavy hint of sarcasm there) I don't live in an area where NTL is available, and when a friend of mine rang to make some enquires they just laughed and put the phone down.