Ok so on the news today a person not of British Nationality drove the wrong way down the M62 at 80mph in the wrong direction causing 7 accidents on the way.........How come he got a suspended sentence of only 3 months!!! If it had been me, i'd have been done for not driving with due care and attention, would have lost my licence and have been lucky with my life.
Could I use this case if I was caught at 80mph in the right direction, and take it to human rights or could I claim discrimination, as he was a middle eastern person and i'm not.
A bit like the (again) non european who killed the lady walking on the pavement with her niece and friend, having just stolen the ladies sisters car, I think he only got a pittance of a sentence too.
One rule for us, springs to mind.......Annoyed......I am.....
2006-09-29 11:26:02 · 9 answers · asked by Karhu100 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
No, you probably wouldn't have lost your licence either. My reasoning on this is that people who have driven without a licence here and killed people have been issued with ridiculously lenient sentences, such as being banned from driving (hello, they shouldn't have been driving anyway, what is that going to stop?), community service, a few weeks in jail. So far as I can see you have to do some pretty extreme stuff (like collect parking fines, or drive in bus lanes repeatedly) if you want to lose your licence, but killing someone isnt bad enough to do it.
2006-10-02 04:03:27 · answer #1 · answered by Lynn S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my partner was banned from driving but took the risk and drove to the local hospital when somebody needed to get there urgently....anyway he got caught and the judge wanted to make an example of him and imprisoned him for three weeks when he got out he was put on a tag for a further 3 weeks and had a curfew for 3 months and probabtion for 2 years and a further driving ban for 6 years. That was without even injuring anybody maybe that bloke should of been sent to the judge my partner had, theres been rape, robbery,gbh,abh etc cases where the person didnt even get that, jeez this country is confused
2006-09-29 11:37:12 · answer #2 · answered by kaingirls 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
At the end of the day, if his solicitors argument was more compelling than the prosecutions argument, he will win. End of story. I've seen obviously guilty people walk from a court of law when they should be behind bars cos their solicitor has been better than the prosecution. Its not about if you committed the crime, its about wheather your solicitor/barrister etc has the gift of the gab or not.
I don't think race is an issue here, if anything in this xenophobic and racist country, he was more likely to be given a life setence than to get off lightly.
2006-09-29 11:38:16 · answer #3 · answered by kazza0011 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simple the prisons were full that day so they had to let him off.
If you had done it they would have sectioned you under the mental health act and chucked away the key, unless you were drunk in which case you would have been let off with a 2 year 3 month ban if you do a course.
2006-09-29 15:11:57 · answer #4 · answered by "Call me Dave" 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most likely he had a damn good solicitor! Always a good idea when facing serious charges!
2006-09-29 11:32:00 · answer #5 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Calm down and think of the injured.
2006-09-29 11:28:25 · answer #6 · answered by Alicat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Money talks
2006-09-29 11:33:43 · answer #7 · answered by Ken and Wendy M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they want money. that's all that matters to them.
2006-09-29 14:21:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
WTF he should have been done for dangerous driving but a suspended sentenance - bullshit.
As for elisa r - thats very very harsh
2006-09-29 17:50:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋