Count Dankula Incident

Markus "Count Dankula" Meechan is a Scottish YouTuber who recieved considerable press coverage when he uploaded a controversial video called "M8 Yer Dugs A Nazi" in which he explained at the beginning of the video that, "My girlfriend is always ranting and raving about how cute and adorable her wee dog is so I thought I would turn him into the least cute thing I could think of, which is a Nazi." He then went on to demonstrate that he has taught his girlfriend's dog, a pug names Buddha, the Nazi salute.

Meechan was subsequently arrested for breach of the Communications Act 2003, which, in part, states the following: It is hereby an offence to send a message that is "grossly offensive", or of an indecent, obscene, or menacing character over a public electronic communications service. Meechan was arrested on breaching the "grossly offensive" bit.

The case was withheld from courts until 19 March 2018, where Meechan was convicted of breaching the act. The court ruled that Meechan's claim that the video was a prank on his girlfriend "lacked credibility", because his girlfriend was found