An unemployed engineer who smashed into a traffic light while ‘drunk’ slammed his suspended sentence.No. He didn't think, when he sobered up, that it was too lenient. Far from it...
Patrick Joseph McGrath (22) of Noel Street, Mansfield, said he did not understand the seriousness of the incident and said he knew people ‘who had got less for doing more’ when he was handed a 12-week suspended sentence and banned from driving for 29 months./facepalm
He had been warned by magistrates that he could have faced a custodial sentence.Hah! As if that was ever really likely...
H/T: MostinHorton via Twitter
Julia, you are not alone. From Wikipedia's entry on "facepalm" -
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The zoo is in Essex, and no doubt attracts many local visitors.
Must be hard to tell the inmates from the visitors....
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