6 Months suspended sentence

Ridiculous sentence but its the norm in this country.

Govts wont pay to upkeep existing prisons or build enough new ones and put pressure on Prosecutors to down grade charges to keep people out of jail.

I live on a very narrow road where cars are parked on pavements. Speed limit is 20mph. I've seen cars driving down the road at easy twice that speed often along pavements. It's amazing there hasn't been an injury yet. Taxi drivers are the worst offenders.
 
People used to get 6 months in jail for not paying their TV licence.

I can't understand at all 6 months for killing someone due to reckless driving. Its clearly a manslaughter case.

They should be banned for life from driving too.

59mph in a 40mph zone in poor driving conditions is asking for trouble.

Anything over 45mph, you are looking at a speeding conviction and he was doing 59mph.

I got a speeding ticket for doing 35mph in a 30 mph late at night with no vehicles, cyclists or pedestrians around in perfect weather.
 
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Redwurzel said:
People used to get 6 months in jail for not paying their TV licence.

I can't understand at all 6 months for killing someone due to reckless driving. Its clearly a manslaughter case.

They should be banned for life from driving too.

59mph in a 40mph zone in poor driving conditions is asking for trouble.

Anything over 45mph, you are looking at a speeding conviction and he was doing 59mph.

I got a speeding ticket for doing 35mph in a 30 mph late at night with no vehicles, cyclists or pedestrians around in perfect weather.
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I’m guessing ‘careless driving’ was easier for the CPS than manslaughter.
You’d have thought there was a case to answer tho
 
I'm guessing that from reading the vitriol posted on here and many other message boards that some will think it's the cyclists fault.

Probably because the cyclists didn't pay road tax (not that it's even called that) to apparently contribute to the upkeep of roads.

It's an absolute disgrace. What message does it send?
 
Tryasize10 said:
I'm guessing that from reading the vitriol posted on here and many other message boards that some will think it's the cyclists fault.

Probably because the cyclists didn't pay road tax (not that it's even called that) to apparently contribute to the upkeep of roads.

It's an absolute disgrace. What message does it send?
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People think it's the fault of the cyclist?! Jesus wept!
 
Life sentence, really for careless driving. It isn't even the most serious driving offence so the judge was constrained by sentencing guidelines. The absolute maximum he could have handed out was 5 years in prison.

The man is selfish and idiotic but doesn't deserve a life sentence. 6 months suspended sentence seems ridiculously low to me though.
 
A motor vehicle is a lethal weapon, used irresponsibly it can and does kill, maim and injure innocent bystanders.

A shotgun is a lethal weapon, used irresponsibly it can and does kill, maim and injure innocent bystanders.

A knife...

A fist...

The punishment for causing death by misusing using any potentially lethal weapon should be the same.
 
Muttley said:
A motor vehicle is a lethal weapon, used irresponsibly it can and does kill, maim and injure innocent bystanders.

A shotgun is a lethal weapon, used irresponsibly it can and does kill, maim and injure innocent bystanders.

A knife...

A fist...

The punishment for causing death by misusing using any potentially lethal weapon should be the same.
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Nonsense. It really shouldn't be the same.
 
An astonishingly lenient sentence and if the maximum permitted sentence was 5 years imprisonment then that's what he should have been given. His reckless and selfish driving without any consideration for others has left a family without a loved one and cut short a life. ANYONE who thinks 6 months suspended is remotely acceptable as a punishment needs to have their head read.

Hopefully there will be an appeal against the lenient sentence and he gets something far, far sterner. An embarrassment of a sentence if ever there was one.
 
WeeGord said:
An astonishingly lenient sentence and if the maximum permitted sentence was 5 years imprisonment then that's what he should have been given. His reckless and selfish driving without any consideration for others has left a family without a loved one and cut short a life. ANYONE who thinks 6 months suspended is remotely acceptable as a punishment needs to have their head read.

Hopefully there will be an appeal against the lenient sentence and he gets something far, far sterner. An embarrassment of a sentence if ever there was one.
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What was his mitigation?! Don't tell me, he has a substance abuse problem but he's a good boy really and he can't apologise enough for his actions...
 
WeeGord said:
An astonishingly lenient sentence and if the maximum permitted sentence was 5 years imprisonment then that's what he should have been given. His reckless and selfish driving without any consideration for others has left a family without a loved one and cut short a life. ANYONE who thinks 6 months suspended is remotely acceptable as a punishment needs to have their head read.

Hopefully there will be an appeal against the lenient sentence and he gets something far, far sterner. An embarrassment of a sentence if ever there was one.
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It could be more lenient. Community service alone is the minimum sentence.
 
Laughing said:
Life sentence, really for careless driving. It isn't even the most serious driving offence so the judge was constrained by sentencing guidelines. The absolute maximum he could have handed out was 5 years in prison.

The man is selfish and idiotic but doesn't deserve a life sentence. 6 months suspended sentence seems ridiculously low to me though.
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Are you for real?????
Careless driving, FHS 😔

The selfish idiot has killed an innocent cyclist & given a family a life sentence

He was travelling in a lethal weapon at 20MPH above the speed limit, which is set at 40MPH, because rules don't apply to him, the bloke should have been given a life sentence
 
He should be doing time for manslaughter, his criminal actions led inadvertently to a mans death. Why is it nearly always the victim that comes off the worst in these matters? Too many sentences get suspended imho. I guess they don’t want to fill up the jails as they are overcrowded as it is. Build some more, create some jobs. Soft on crime, while victims and their families get a life sentence of one sort or another. Human life is cheap in modern Britain it seems. The law is an ass and needs reform.

I can’t watch these reality cop programmes like the Interceptors anymore as it just makes me angry. All you see most of the time are scrotes aged 12- 25 nicking cars driving at speeds of upto 70 mph around towns and estates, ramming other cars, smashing police cars up or driving into some poor sods house. Then you find they have no licence, insurance, have been on cannabis or cocaine, all the passengers are free to go and the driver gets a £75 fine banned for 2 years ( even though no licence exists ) and in an occasional case a few hours community service. The damage to the police cars cost thousands and the tax payer foots the bill not the scrotes that damaged them. They should have to pay every penny of criminal damage back over their lifetime. If they are at school then deduct it in time from wages or benefits. Rant over :censored:
 
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