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Daily Mail. hit & run story ... amazed a justice system!

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MrsBigD · 22/02/2006 13:49

Haven't found the story on line yet, but my colleague just read it out to me. Ok it's the Daily Mail but I'm sure there must be some truth to it...

guy steals car, drives without licens, doing 48mph in 30mph zone, hits 3 year old girl. She dies.

He gets done for careless driving and gets 12 weeks reduced to 6 weeks.

However a guy who dared take a teddy bear from the momorial place got 8 months in prison!

Go figure!

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cod · 24/02/2006 13:31

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Nbg · 24/02/2006 11:05

I would have said murder too Angeliz but he probably didn't go out there and decide to kill someone

however he did and he will serve his piddly 12 weeks and no doubt go out steal some more cars and drive them with no license and maybe kill someone else.

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Angeliz · 24/02/2006 11:03

Yes i'm with nbg, whatever car he was driving or whatever scumbag he was, he went out that day and killed someone.
Why isn't it manslaughter? (Murder really but i know that would be asking too much!)

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Nbg · 24/02/2006 11:01

So if he's no licence is this because he was previously banned or because he's never actually taken a test to get one?

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MrsBigD · 24/02/2006 10:56

upps that went on the wrong thread! Sorry

Lately I get the impression that the law seems to protect the offenders more than the victims

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cod · 24/02/2006 10:56

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MrsBigD · 24/02/2006 10:55

I know but I can dream

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Nbg · 24/02/2006 10:55

In my eyes it's manslaughter nothing less.

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cod · 24/02/2006 10:55

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Hulababy · 24/02/2006 10:53

I know you can't and I know what you are saying in the breakdown, BUT I still think that for what he has done he should be having a far longer sentence than 12 weeks. This is one of those situations when the law doesn't do justice for the victim.

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JanH · 24/02/2006 10:52

Similar case near here - it explains how the law stands.

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cod · 24/02/2006 10:48

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Nbg · 24/02/2006 10:44

That as well as the fact the car was stolen with a different number plate on.

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Hulababy · 24/02/2006 10:43

He also had no licence, no insurance, etc.

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Nbg · 24/02/2006 10:42

Apparentlt there was one witness who said he was driving erraticly, swerving in the road.

I know it's nothing to do with this particular offence but he has been convicted in the past for GBH.

Personally I hope he rots.

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cod · 24/02/2006 10:33

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MrsBigD · 24/02/2006 10:19

hmmm fair enough I guess, however... on parole, driving carelessly in a stolen car... oh wouldn't it be nice if we had 0 tolerance for repeat offenders...

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cod · 24/02/2006 10:13

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cod · 24/02/2006 10:12

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cod · 24/02/2006 10:11

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cod · 24/02/2006 10:09

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JanH · 24/02/2006 10:08

It didn't mention 48mph in 30 zone in the BBC piece.

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JanH · 24/02/2006 10:06

This piece from that link said he was being questioned on suspicion of dangerous driving - they must have had evidence that he wasn't driving dangerously.

Presumably the accident wasn't actually his fault. You don't go to prison automatically if someone dies in an accident, however tragic it is.

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MrsBigD · 24/02/2006 09:58

HRH I appreciate this, but shouldn't he have been charged with something that carries a jail sentence? Who actually decides what a person gets charged for, i.e. careless or dangerous driving?

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muma3 · 23/02/2006 19:19

i think that its disgusting , if the horror of losing your little girl wasnt bad enough that just is WRONG WORNG WRONG

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