Doesn't seem a long sentence

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stubert_

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88 posts

90 months

Saturday 18th November 2023
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6 years for killing someone doesn't seem very long :-( Didn't some wag get that for doing 150mph in his jag not so long ago?

I really hoped they would increase the sentencing guidelines to reflect the fact that drive driving is a choice, not an accident.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-674...

E-bmw

9,979 posts

159 months

Saturday 18th November 2023
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stubert_ said:
6 years for killing someone doesn't seem very long :-( Didn't some wag get that for doing 150mph in his jag not so long ago?

I really hoped they would increase the sentencing guidelines to reflect the fact that drive driving is a choice, not an accident.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-674...
"wag get that for doing 150mph in his jag"

WAH - Wives and girlfriends

"His Jag"

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Biggy Stardust

7,068 posts

51 months

Saturday 18th November 2023
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stubert_ said:
drive driving is a choice, not an accident.
Absolutely.

LunarOne

5,762 posts

144 months

Saturday 18th November 2023
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Biggy Stardust said:
stubert_ said:
drive driving is a choice, not an accident.
Absolutely.
Is there another kind?

CooperD

2,947 posts

184 months

Saturday 18th November 2023
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He'll be out in 3 years. I thought they had increased the sentences for this sort of offence.

Biggy Stardust

7,068 posts

51 months

Saturday 18th November 2023
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LunarOne said:
Biggy Stardust said:
stubert_ said:
drive driving is a choice, not an accident.
Absolutely.
Is there another kind?
Drink driving is one alternative.

Vanden Saab

14,806 posts

81 months

Saturday 18th November 2023
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The people who told him not to drive but did not ring the police are just as guilty. IMHO.

carreauchompeur

18,014 posts

211 months

Saturday 18th November 2023
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Vanden Saab said:
The people who told him not to drive but did not ring the police are just as guilty. IMHO.
Fully agree. Over the past few years of my career I’ve started to get increasingly angry at the ‘enablers’. Genuinely, ‘live’ drink driver reports are something which tends to get a good response. No excuse for not dobbing in selfish pricks like this.

turbobloke

107,838 posts

267 months

Saturday 18th November 2023
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carreauchompeur said:
Vanden Saab said:
The people who told him not to drive but did not ring the police are just as guilty. IMHO.
Fully agree. Over the past few years of my career I’ve started to get increasingly angry at the ‘enablers’. Genuinely, ‘live’ drink driver reports are something which tends to get a good response. No excuse for not dobbing in selfish pricks like this.
Definitely.

Why only a 9 year ban? What reason is there to give this type of individual their licence back? It's not worth the risk.The victim's family and friends won't get the victim back.

oyster

12,868 posts

255 months

Saturday 18th November 2023
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What are the guidelines for death by drink driving?