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

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Steaksauce · 27/01/2018 13:49

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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Whatsmymethod · 18/06/2018 11:16

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Please sign and share. There's not long left!

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/208008

Whatsmymethod · 18/06/2018 11:39

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Steaksauce · 18/06/2018 13:05

Lunchtime bump

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peachescariad · 18/06/2018 13:06

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Whatsmymethod · 18/06/2018 14:03

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Please sign and share

1234hello · 18/06/2018 14:16

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Whatsmymethod · 18/06/2018 14:49

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Waddlelikeapenguin · 18/06/2018 15:48

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Waddlelikeapenguin · 18/06/2018 15:52

Please sign share & come back to bump the thread Flowers

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/208008

Waddlelikeapenguin · 18/06/2018 16:34

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mumsiedarlingrevolta · 18/06/2018 16:37

BUMP

Waddlelikeapenguin · 18/06/2018 16:41

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1234hello · 18/06/2018 16:43

It’s on the Brake Facebook and twitter pages. This is amazing news! Star

They are talking about this very issue on crimewatch on BBC on Friday.

Raspberries to all the people who were negative about the petition. Grin

Waddlelikeapenguin · 18/06/2018 16:58

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Waddlelikeapenguin · 18/06/2018 17:12

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Waddlelikeapenguin · 18/06/2018 18:00

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Waddlelikeapenguin · 18/06/2018 18:08

8,555

Whatsmymethod · 18/06/2018 18:19

Raspberries to all the people who were negative about the petition Grin

Where there's a will Smile

Whatsmymethod · 18/06/2018 18:19

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PaddingtonBearHardStare · 18/06/2018 18:51

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1234hello · 18/06/2018 18:57

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Waddlelikeapenguin · 18/06/2018 19:08

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PaddingtonBearHardStare · 18/06/2018 19:10

8,704 has this gone viral somewhere??

Steaksauce · 18/06/2018 19:28

I hope so @PaddingtonBearHardStare it's wonderful to see the numbers clicking up so fast Smile

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PaddingtonBearHardStare · 18/06/2018 19:36

Brake have picked this up Twitter!! I don't know how to link but they have 19.5k followers!!