Monday 22 October 2012

Yes, Prison Doesn’t Work, Right?

David Parfitt was locked up for 12 years in 2003 for the manslaughter of PC Ged Walker in Bulwell. Dog handler PC Walker, 42, suffered head injuries trying to stop Parfitt driving off in a stolen taxi in St Alban's Road.
He actually only served about eight years…
Parfitt, now 35, was released on licence in March and was staying at a hostel in Lincoln. In May he punched and head butted his new partner, from Lincoln, who he met online.
And so it was back to jail for him!
Parfitt was given a two-year jail sentence at Leicester Crown Court yesterday for actual bodily harm and six months for attempting to pervert the course of justice, to run consecutively.
The police are delighted, even though – as far as the justice system is concerned – this is nothing to do with the original sentence and is merely a violation of his parole:
Notts Police Federation chairman Phil Matthews said: "We think he should have got longer in the first place. The fact that he's been given parole and abused that speaks for itself.
"It is good news that he is back in prison and hopefully he will now serve the rest of his sentence."
Not serving his entire sentence, though, seems to have been a habit:
Parfitt, then of Wareham Close, Aspley, was also on licence from prison after being released early from a robbery sentence when he killed PC Walker.
When are we going to start demanding that the justice system actually does the job it’s supposed to do, which is to protect us from recidivists?

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

"When are we going to start demanding that the justice system actually does the job it's supposed to do, which is to protect us rom recidivists?" I regret that you are going to have to wait a long, long time, for that. The 'independent' court system of this country is subject to the whims of Politically motivated Justice Ministers whose sole aim is to be re-elected. Regular offenders are not given appropriate prison sentences as the Court Service is told there aren't enough spaces in our prisons (allegedly); the Government won't build more prisons as that will cost money, which is needed to pay the myriad of expenses claimed by our dishonourable 'honourables' in Parliament; they won't try and make returns to prison less attractive by instituting a harsher regime as that will upset the cons and the taxpayer funded human rights battalions; I could go on. As long as either one of the two main parties are elected, even though their only difference is their name, they will happily carry on doing what they have done for so many years. Abuse and con the public while holding them in contempt. Any (legal) ideas anyone?
Penseivat

Anonymous said...

Don't worry Dave is making a speech today putting the justice system to rights.
He's taking it seriously.His previous includes putting a buffoon in charge of the justice ministry and cutting the police numbers by 20%.
Jaded

blueknight said...
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blueknight said...

The Police and Crime Commissioners will surely sort this mess out.
Oh wait a minute....

JuliaM said...

"Regular offenders are not given appropriate prison sentences as the Court Service is told there aren't enough spaces in our prisons (allegedly)..."

And yet, we seem to be able to find plenty for people who are mean to others on Twitter and FaceBook...

"Don't worry Dave is making a speech today putting the justice system to rights."

Dave couldn't put his sock drawer to rights!

"The Police and Crime Commissioners will surely sort this mess out.

Oh wait a minute...."


No, they'll have no power over this aspect.