A woman opened her door to be confronted by a thief who smashed her in the face with a wine bottle. Rebecca Jackson was left with a two inch gash across her forehead in the assault at her flat.Will the pussy pass come into effect here?
Reader, it will...
At Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court her attacker, 33-year-old Amy Hollinworth, who has already spent seven months in custody awaiting sentencing, was sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for two years.*sighs*
At the time of the offence Hollinworth, who has previous convictions, was subject to a suspended prison sentence for burglary.Well, of course was! Aren't they always?
Adam Roxborough, defending, stressed that the attack on Miss Jackson was an isolated incident and involved only a single blow.So..?
"Since the commission of this offence there has been a determined effort to address an addictive state," he said.
He appealed to the judge to give her a suspended sentence so she can work with organisations to address her problems rather than spend just a few more weeks in prison.
"She has had a difficult life," he said, adding that she was introduced to Class A drugs by a former partner.
"She has made some poor choices."She's not the only one, is she?
6 comments:
The Frankfurt School again: put the offender before the victim every time.
She was sentenced to 6 months but had served seven, so there was no case with that sentence to keep her in any more. That wasn't the problem - the problem was the leniency of the 6 months. Frankly, if the victim has a partner and friends, I would say that the perpetrator ought to be glad to be in prison, because in a properly managed world she'd be safer in than out - and so would the rest of us.
I thought that a suspended sentence involved deferring that sentence on condition that the convicted person stays out of trouble for an agreed length of time. Should the offender fail to stay out of trouble, by hitting someone with a bottle say, then the suspension is lifted and the original sentence imposed.
At least the poor victim has not ended up in court for trying to defend herself, in today's world that must be seen as a blessing. We are not allowed to hurt the sacred offender, the system depends on a ready supply of offenders to keep it in business and what a gravy train that business is. The law has turned upside down in UK and it's no longer a safe place for the law abiding to live. We are preyed upon by the courts, the criminals and the police and I for one am sick of it.
I hope poor Amy applies for Compensation for the extra month she was cruelly banged up awaiting sentencing.
"The Frankfurt School again: put the offender before the victim every time."
Sadly true.
"...in a properly managed world she'd be safer in than out - and so would the rest of us."
Also sadly true. If only we hadn't discarded the one we had.
"At least the poor victim has not ended up in court for trying to defend herself..."
And that's almost more surprising than the customary leniency!
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