”…the time to hesitate is through, no time to wallow in the mire…”

Nasreen Tincey, in mitigation for 21-year-old Mughal, from Mountfield Drive, Bestwood Park, said he had three "glowing" character references.

Yes. I’m sure they were. Like embers…

The judge said both of them had done a great deal of good in their lives, and were "dedicated to doing good acts for people in the future."

I presume the Fire Brigade doesn’t agree?