The head of a British website design firm has acknowledged a suspended jail verdict after pleading responsible to hacking into a competitor's website.

Mark Hopkins, 31, of Bromsgrove in the West Midlands begged responsible in July to unauthorized entry to computer systems, offences opposing to Section One of the Computer Misuse Act. He was given a five months sentence (suspended for two years) and as well the ordered to serve 100 hours society service at a sentencing hearing on Thursday. Hopkins was further ordered to pay £5,000 compensation to his victim, ME Publishing Limited, the publisher of Motorcycle Trader, and £2,500 police and prosecution costs.