A Dutch court has convicted two teenagers of theft for stealing virtual items in a computer game and sentenced them to community service.Radio Netherlands reports that the two teenagers – a 15 and a 14-year-old – were found guilty of using violence to rob a 13-year-old classmate of virtual property in the multiplayer online game RuneScape.
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