Doesn't seem a long sentence

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stubert_

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88 posts

89 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

9,859 posts

158 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

50 months

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

LunarOne

5,708 posts

143 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

2,928 posts

183 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

50 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

14,700 posts

80 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

17,964 posts

210 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

106,867 posts

266 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

12,822 posts

254 months

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