It’s the password-protected iPhone saga time again, as a man accused of child abuse has been jailed for 180 days after refusing to give the police the correct passcode to unlock his smartphone.
41-year-old Christopher Wheeler claims he has already provided the police with the passcode to his iPhone, but investigators claim it’s not correct and repeated attempts to unlock the device could lead to the complete removal of the data beyond the point where it can be recovered.
No details regarding the iPhone model or the iOS version that the device was running were provided.
Investigators believe that the iPhone might store incriminatory evidence of the alleged injuries that the man caused to his daughter, but without the passcode, it’s impossible to break into the phone and access the photo gallery. The police have already obtained a search warrant for the iPhone, but the owner needs to provide the passcode himself.
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