Four British men charged with computer hacking in connection with online groups LulzSec and Anonymous will not stand trial before November next year.
The four – Peter David Gibson, 22, Ashley Rhodes, 26, Christopher Weatherhead, 20 and a 17-year-old student – were given a provisional trial date of 7 November 2012 at a short hearing at Southwark crown court in London on Friday.
The four men are separately charged with conspiracy to carry out an unauthorised act in relation to a computer. They were arrested earlier this year by police investigating online attacks by the hacking groups Anonymous and LulzSec.
All four are set to enter pleas for the first time at a plea and case management hearing listed for 26 January. The group will be the first of the 10 British males arrested in connection with Anonymous and LulzSec arrests to enter guilty or not guilty pleas to the charges.
The police are understood to need more time to gather evidence.
Only Gibson, from Hartlepool, appeared in court on Friday, wearing a smart grey suit and white shirt.
The group's bail conditions prohibit them from using online nicknames or using internet relay chat websites, the forums where Anonymous members are alleged to have plotted attacks.
Police have so far arrested 10 people in the UK, all male, in connection with online attacks carried out by the LulzSec and Anonymous groups.
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