http://www.channel4.com/news/content/news-storypage.jsp?id=802547

3 months for being uninsured and having no license, driving a stolen car and killing a child!
someone stole a teddy bear from the little girls tributes and got 8 months!

I've just read this story on bbc news and i was shocked.

:bang: Makes me sick to hear **** like this. What is happening to this country. I suppose it had to be a sentence that would keep certain folk happy. Pathetic.

that is just utter **** justice system in uk is really ****e,

You would get a longer sentance if you ran someone over by accident, stopped, phoned an ambulance and did first aid until they arrived.

Who's the judge? Mob rule time.

how ,,,,, just go to prove .uk is so rubbish for that,,,,might as well give him a drink for what he done,,,i no what i would of done,,,,

Could be cause for the FF Lynch mob?

custard boy said:

http://www.channel4.com/news/content/news-storypage.jsp?id=802547

3 months for being uninsured and having no license, driving a stolen car and killing a child!
someone stole a teddy bear from the little girls tributes and got 8 months!

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That's not death by dangerous driving.. that's murder/manslaughter. You're only driving if you're licenced, driving legally. Write to MP time me thinks...

I saw this on the news earlier, absolutely appaling

Not enough evidence to convict him of dangerous driving apparently, so he was charged with careless driving, which carries a max 12 week sentence.
Should get more than that for driving with no license and no insurance...
H

Was the dead child and damage to the car not enough evidence?

He could have got 6 months according to the article. As for driving without insurance - as long as you're a scrote you'll get away with a fine of around £200 - which is several hundred less than I pay for my legal insurance

H2DaE said:

Was the dead child and damage to the car not enough evidence?

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It's not enough to prove that someone was driving dangerously, no. Not every road death is the result of dangerous driving...
I got the sentence part wrong sorry, it was a 12 week sentence for failing to report an accident. Careless driving you can't be jailed for. The judge could have imposed 6 months for failing to report an accident, but what you're trying to do there is increase the sentence for one crime based on another crime that you can't get a conviction on, which is wrong.
I'm not trying to defend the driver in any way, just point out how the legal system works.
Failing to report an accident should carry a stiffer sentence though.
H

OK, but the forensics could prove that he was driving too fast (which I think he was from what i heard on the news) when he hit the child in a stolen vehicle with no licence

I know what you mean about the legal system but cases like this prove that it needs a complete overhaul

Thing is if you do anything wrong while driving when you shouldn't be.. such as causing an accident or a death while disqualified - the penalty should be exponentially greater. Speeding while disqualified being a custodial sentence, failing to report an accident months in jail.. causing a death years...

Hellcat said:

Thing is if you do anything wrong while driving when you shouldn't be.. such as causing an accident or a death while disqualified - the penalty should be exponentially greater. Speeding while disqualified being a custodial sentence, failing to report an accident months in jail.. causing a death years...

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