Monday 4th March 2002

Nokia Fine Slashed

The Nokia exec fined over £75K for speeding (see here) has had his fine reduced to around £3500 on appeal.

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[XPLOD]

This issue really gets my goat. Courts should not be told what a persons income/assets are when handing out sentences, whether it be for a motoring offence or any other. If Person A rapes someone, should their sentence be reduced because they're hard up? Or increased because they are wealthy? No. Punishments should fit the crime, and not be swayed by a persons ability to pay or conversly any mitigating sob story.

[outlaw]

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This issue really gets my goat. Courts should not be told what a persons income/assets are when handing out sentences, whether it be for a motoring offence or any other. If Person A rapes someone, should their sentence be reduced because they're hard up? Or increased because they are wealthy? No. Punishments should fit the crime, and not be swayed by a persons ability to pay or conversly any mitigating sob story.
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shorry m8 but Its reality check time

so right you nick some one one the dole with no money fine them the max say a thousand quid.

so where the hell you thing there going to get the money to pay it.

only one choice really nick it .

now you have too crimes catchem for that one you got 3

i remember being at court one day .

theres a hooker up in frount of the court

her only income was the dole or street walking so the dumb twats fine her £900

SO GUESS WHERE SHES GOING THAT NIGHT.
having said that what the point in doing her in the first place, where the victim ?

sound like income tax to me.

If you want to stop crime its a real brite ider to find poor pepole with big fines

good if you want to start a crime wave

from reading your other posts i thourt you had a brain by reading this one im begining to wonder