This is not a repeat...

Two jailed for YouTube song threat:

Two alleged rappers from the UK, Ishmael McLean, 22, and Rowan Simon, 18, were found guilty of trying to pervert the course of justice by posting a rap video on YouTube threatening the witnesses of a murder. In US terms they were found guilty of witness intimidation.

The rap entitled "Wrong Team" threatened bthe witnesses of the murder of 24-year-old Jason Johnson last year.

They claimed it was just a rap but thankfully the courts didn't buy it.

McLean was jailed for five years on Friday, including a year for having three bullets hidden in a shoebox, while Simon was imprisoned for two-and-a-half years.

I'm pretty sure that in the UK it works the same as the US that threats are not a protected form of speech.