Tuesday, 12 August 2008

Crime Doesn't Pay...?

I think Gary McCready would disagree:
A robber who was part of a gang which struck three times in one day has been sentenced to two years and nine months in jail (Ed - with automatic sentence reduction, that'll be one year and five months).

Gary McCready, 24, together with two other men, punched a man in the face and stole his Ford Focus on Southend seafront.
Doesn't sound too lenient, for the UK in 2008? Well, read on:
McCready of Pitseaville Grove, Pitsea, had been sentenced, back in May, to four-and-a-half years for other offences, including two knifepoint robberies on the Co-op, in Butneys, Basildon (Ed - two years, three months).

At Basildon Crown Court, Judge Michael Brooke said: “These matters should have been brought before Southend Crown Court at the same time as those matters to which I have just alluded.

“Good sentencing practice means he should have been sentenced for these matters together. The fact is they were not.

“The sentencing I am embarking on, is to achieve what the result of that would have been.”
Oh, and there's more:
McCready, who has 20 previous convictions, asked for a further eight offences to be taken into consideration.

The two prison sentences are to run concurrently.
Mr McCready's making a nice living out of his 'job', isn't he..?

Better than most people, I'd say!
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous12 August 2008 at 13:53

    This charmer also fits the bill.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1043815/Teenager-carjacker-14-jailed-subjecting-victim-hour-kidnap-ordeal.html

    I love the 'difficult childhood...spur of the moment' bit as well.

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  2. Anonymous12 August 2008 at 16:15

    "Judge Julian Lambert made the unusual decision to lift the reporting restrictions that prevent the media from naming offenders under 18, on the grounds of public interest."

    Sounds a lot like 'Oh, Christ, I know the prison service will let you out in 3 years, so I'm at least going to let the poor bloody public take a good look so they'll be able to see you coming next time...'.

    "The court heard how Harrison - who refused to answer any questions in police interviews - had previous convictions for robbery and taking vehicles without consent."

    Well, of course. Prison really works, doesn't it? At least, it does when they stay inside...

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