Thomas Farrow (Real Name: Major William Corringan) is a criminal introduced in the 1st episode of season five. He is a former British soldier named William Corringan who was dishonorably discharged after disobeying orders. He later funded IRA activities with counterfeit money in Hawaii. Jerry Ortega investigated him, but Steve McGarrett told him to back off. Jerry continued to investigate him and later gets himself kidnapped. Steve and Danny investigate and start to believe his claim, but Farrow takes everything from his basement. He is later arrested in Ho'oma'ike
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- Due to the seriousness of his crimes, if Thomas Farrow is convicted, he could face life imprisonment without a chance of parole, as the crimes he committed constitute treason against the British Crown (also known legally as the crime of high treason).
- If this occurs, he becomes the first criminal to be convicted of the crime of treason in the UK after WWII, as the last criminal who was convicted of this crime was William Joyce, the former American-born British member of the British Union of Fascists. Known as Lord Haw-Haw, during World War II, Joyce had collaborated with the Nazis as a propagandist for the Nazi propaganda radio show, Germany Calling. After the end of the War in Europe, in July 1945, Joyce was shot and captured by two British intelligence officers and was later extradited back to London where he was convicted of high treason in September 1945 and was later executed by hanging at HM Prison Wandsworth on the morning of the 3rd January 1946.
- In the UK, the crime of high treason is considered the most serious and heinous crime punishable under British law (even more so than murder, rape, pedophilia and animal abuse). Prior to 1998, the sentence for high treason still carried the death penalty under Treason Act of 1945, but after 1998, the sentence guidelines for high treason, were changed to life imprisonment.
- And the fact that Thomas Farrow, in addition to committing the crime of high treason against the British Crown, having committed war crimes when he was still a major in the British army, has forged money and smuggled counterfeit money, attempted a murder in another country and attempted a terrorist attack against the British government, implies that he may be sentenced to a very harsh sentence (possibly sentenced to two or more consecutive life sentences with no chance of parole).