Chris Whitty assault - 8 weeks jail

[bitchstewie]

Pretty sure there was a thread on this but can't find it so apologies.

Anyway 8 weeks jail.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-59746...

[johnboy1975]

bhstewie said:

Pretty sure there was a thread on this but can't find it so apologies.

Anyway 8 weeks jail.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-59746...

Seems excessive on the face of it. There's a whole raft of more serious "assaults" that get a suspended sentence and or community service

Eg (first one I found)

https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/19799599.ca...

said:

A Caerphilly man has been handed a suspended jail sentence after two women were assaulted in a Cardiff park.

Neil Silcox has been convicted of two counts of common assault, two counts of criminal damage, possession of a knife in a public place, and using threatening or abusive language with the intent of causing alarm or distress......

.....The court heard that the incident was a “prolonged attack on a vulnerable victim where children were present.”

[Smollet]

Public figure gets assaulted so a message is sent with a custodial sentence.

[Ouroboros]

Smollet said:

Public figure gets assaulted so a message is sent with a custodial sentence.

Funny system really, our supreme leader flaunts the rules he put in place and nothing happens, I know which one is more serious.

[ATG]

Smollet said:

Public figure gets assaulted so a message is sent with a custodial sentence.

Yup. The article reports the judge's explanation: sending a message about not hassling people who have come to public attention by the nature of their work, and the accused having an extensive criminal record.

[Biggy Stardust]

johnboy1975 said:

Seems excessive on the face of it.

AIUI he was out on licence for 1 or more of his 26 previous offences. I also doubt that vaping in the dock impressed the judge.

[Seventy]

johnboy1975 said:

stuff.

Lol at the first to defend the assaulter.

[dundarach]

Good, next...

[PH User]

Seventy said:

johnboy1975 said:

stuff.

Lol at the first to defend the assaulter.

I doesn't read as him defending the assaulter.

[Smollet]

Biggy Stardust said:

johnboy1975 said:

Seems excessive on the face of it.

AIUI he was out on licence for 1 or more of his 26 previous offences. I also doubt that vaping in the dock impressed the judge.

I cannot believe just how incredibly stupid/thick/arrogant some people are. Just 8 weeks in hindsight is probably a bit of a result

[Seventy]

PH User said:

I doesn't read as him defending the assaulter.

English please.

[grumbledoak]

I cannot help but wonder what you would have to do to an ordinary member of the public to get 8 weeks inside.

Quite a bit, I imagine.

[BikeBikeBIke]

ATG said:

Yup. The article reports the judge's explanation: sending a message about not hassling people who have come to public attention by the nature of their work, and the accused having an extensive criminal record.

Yup. Good decision.

[Bigends]

Looks like a public order act conviction - not assault

[bitchstewie]

Must admit my first reaction was that whilst I didn't have an issue with it 8 weeks sounded a bit steep.

Then I read a bit more about his behaviour and it's just a classic case of easy way or hard way and at every stage he chose the hard way.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/27/ma...

[Vanden Saab]

IIRC the other guy pleaded guilty and got a suspended sentence. no doubt brain of the year would have got the same if he had done so too...

edit... yep 8 weeks suspended for 2 years.

[PH User]

Seventy said:

PH User said:

I doesn't read as him defending the assaulter.

English please.

I'm sure you can figure it out.

[johnboy1975]

bhstewie said:

Must admit my first reaction was that whilst I didn't have an issue with it 8 weeks sounded a bit steep.

Then I read a bit more about his behaviour and it's just a classic case of easy way or hard way and at every stage he chose the hard way.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/27/ma...

Vanden Saab said:

IIRC the other guy pleaded guilty and got a suspended sentence. no doubt brain of the year would have got the same if he had done so too...

edit... yep 8 weeks suspended for 2 years.

Yeah fair enough. Richly deserved.

Nit picking, but was he sent down for breaking license from a previous conviction, this assault, or contempt of court? All 3 I suppose....

[g4ry13]

Meanwhile Katie Price breaks the law on multiple occasions and manages to avoid getting a sentence.

[S17Thumper]

Sensible stuff from the judge there.

I think there were some in the original thread who were shall we say not that against what happened to CW. Sorry state.