tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post264961728016361290..comments2024-03-28T18:32:00.146+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: More Contempt Of Court….JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-936694503313358162011-11-10T19:45:51.978+00:002011-11-10T19:45:51.978+00:00As much as I loathe sharia law there are some folk...As much as I loathe sharia law there are some folks who really do need their hands cutting off.andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16072618582583093590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-38105811851016674232011-11-10T18:49:39.505+00:002011-11-10T18:49:39.505+00:00"Is anyone else hearing Norman Wisdom? "...<i>"Is anyone else hearing Norman Wisdom? "Mr Dinsdale! Mr Dinsdale!""</i><br /><br />Er, no. I'm thinking <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLz07TaTDEA" rel="nofollow">Monty Python.</a>microdavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352078582764696261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-57384027861835867632011-11-10T05:49:11.312+00:002011-11-10T05:49:11.312+00:00"No chance Dave and the gang will embark on a...<i>"No chance Dave and the gang will embark on a massive prison building programme?"</i> <br /><br />Or just let out some of the people who don't require custodial sentences?<br /><br /><i>"So we built a society where the feckless and indolent can swan around and flout any rules and behave as they fancy..."</i> <br /><br />Well, quite! But then, the results of such policy are unlikely to rebound on our senior lawmakers, are they? More's the pity..<br /><br /><i>"... and will doubtless be a much more accomplished thief on his release."</i><br /><br />I think that only holds true for a very, very few who are willing to learn. After all, if there's no real punishment, why bother?<br /><br /><i>" Although never would dish out the full 2 yrs.."</i><br /><br />Some would. But I suspect they'd be few and far between.JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-4426837350702415632011-11-09T21:11:09.475+00:002011-11-09T21:11:09.475+00:00Might help if Magistrates Courts could give a 2 yr...Might help if Magistrates Courts could give a 2 yr sentence. Although never would dish out the full 2 yrs, it would stop the Mags worrying about sending the case up to Crown Court for sentence and would it have the effect of raising the sentencing barblueknighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18409655604657713593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-62515010386564335232011-11-09T14:49:17.688+00:002011-11-09T14:49:17.688+00:00Is anyone else hearing Norman Wisdom? "Mr Din...Is anyone else hearing Norman Wisdom? "Mr Dinsdale! Mr Dinsdale!"P T Barnumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-36389543053096113182011-11-09T12:16:04.584+00:002011-11-09T12:16:04.584+00:00Ranter
"The sentences were probably concurre...Ranter<br /><br />"The sentences were probably concurrent and not consecutive so he's probably out now."<br /><br />Correct - as the last paragraph of the quoted report shows<br /><br /><i>Dinsdale also received 18-week sentences for each of the supermarket thefts which will run concurrently with the other two. He will serve half of his 46-week sentence in custody and the rest on licence.</i>Umbongonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-4233841775967277202011-11-09T11:59:34.124+00:002011-11-09T11:59:34.124+00:00He has to go all the way to the Co-op - Sainsbury&...He has to go all the way to the Co-op - Sainsbury's cider not good enough for him? <br /><br />I'm grudgingly content with the judge's decision to imprison immediately because if he'd referred it for sentencing it would have been another umpteen weeks before a penalty, if any, was imposed.Woman on a Rafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08897415591130901416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-54487044388820401392011-11-09T11:32:34.144+00:002011-11-09T11:32:34.144+00:00"And when he comes out (much, much less than ...<i>"And when he comes out (much, much less than 46 weeks later, of course) he’ll be a changed man, I’m sure…"</i><br /><br />Oh, he certainly will. He will have learned from his fellow inmates some more tricks of the trade, and will doubtless be a much more accomplished thief on his release. He may even have learned how not to be caught so easily. Prison works, as they say...nisakimannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-83074143009997517032011-11-09T09:53:45.797+00:002011-11-09T09:53:45.797+00:00Another success for our caring, sharing society.
...Another success for our caring, sharing society.<br /><br />If you build it, they will come. So we built a society where the feckless and indolent can swan around and flout any rules and behave as they fancy because there is no real consequence for them, other than a slight inconvenience. Sometimes.<br /><br />The benefits of stealing and cheating today far outweigh any penalties our human-rights-loving society can impose.<br /><br />But as for prisons... if you build them, they will come. They will come by their thousands, I would guess.Field of Dreamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-4397696888763805022011-11-09T09:23:31.358+00:002011-11-09T09:23:31.358+00:00The sentences were probably concurrent and not con...The sentences were probably concurrent and not consecutive so he's probably out now. Fair play to his brief 'Becky' and amazing the muppet stipe didn't get the hint from her 'defence' of this DNA wasting slimeball and refer the case upwards, but then there's the sentencing guidelines and the prisons are full aren't they. No chance Dave and the gang will embark on a massive prison building programme?Ranternoreply@blogger.com