The sentence for hit and run drivers MUST be increased. 61 days in prison for killing someone isn't justice!

[Steaksauce]

The link to the petition is at the bottom of this article
eveshamobserver.co.uk/news/hit-and-run-family-in-sentence-review-call/

The victim of this crime was a friend of mine. He was killed aged 36 and left to die in the street by the person who hit him. That person ditched his vehicle and by the time he was caught (over 2 weeks later), it was too late to get any evidence of drink driving, speeding etc. They do know that he never even tried to brake before or after hitting my friend.
Beause of this, he was only charged with leaving the scene of an accident and therefore only served 61 days in prison. For taking a life.

The victims family are trying to get this loophole in the law changed as they feel there is almost an incentive to leave an accident as you're almost certain to get a lesser sentence than the maximum of 14 years for death by dangerous driving (which he would have been charged with had he stayed)

Please sign so this gets considered by parliament. This is the sort of crime that could happen to anyone and, sadly, is likely to happen again, devastating another family.

Thanks for reading.

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It tells me 2,925 signatures
Many more needed

This is very sad-signed

Early morning bump

Signed. This happened in my village to a young boy. Driver presented himself the next day. Too late to bresthalise him.

There's currently 2934 signatures so still a long way to go.

@Bodicea that's so sad that poor boy and his family.
And yeah, presenting the next day isn't good enough! People are getting away with killing people with just a slap in the wrist because of his loophole in the law, it's not right.

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Up again

Is it worth asking for the thread to be moved from Chat so it doesn't disappear after 90 days? Getting to the required number may take time but we can keep publicising it then and looking for support.

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It might be an idea@Butterymuffin where should it be moved to though? And how do I get it moved?

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Signed. I'm so sorry about your friend.

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Signed.

Signed and shared to social media.

I'm so sorry to hear about this- he looked like a really lovely man.

Steaksauce, perhaps you could ask MNHQ to change the title of this thread to something like "People who flee the scene of an accident..."?

I just feel that more MNers would open the thread, instead of assuming it's one of those daft "Vote for my baby"'-type competition things? Just a suggestion x

I hope the law will be reviewed.
Signed.

Bumping this again , I agree with pp it needs a better title to get people opening this thread .

Yes, it would be a shame if people avoided the thread because of how it was worded.

If you click the three dots and report one of your own posts, OP, you can ask that way for it to be moved. Not sure where is best - In the News, maybe, since the first post links to a news report?

Thanks for the suggestions everyone, I'll report it and get it moved and ask them to change the thread title

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I’m so sorry for your friend

Appalling case. So sorry for the loss of your friend. Signed and shared.