i would expect him to go to prison even if he was only hacking a member of teh publics computer and i couldnt care less how basic the program was that he was using to hack computers he was still hacking and hackers are nasty little sh1ts who invade other peoples privacy, steal email user accounts/passwords and much worse so deserve everything they get and more
if you steal a penny chew from a shop it is the same crime as if you stole a top of the range tv from a shop so screw him and his boo hoo sob story, you dont accidently become a hacker you have to deliberatly set out to learn how to be a vindictive little sh1t
