Substantial Jail Time - For A Tweet

[bad company]

Should taxpayers really be footing the bill for jailing this woman?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5y8x2nnwx7t


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Edited by bad company on Monday 2nd September 14:23

[Starfighter]

No, we should not. Unfortunately, due to a lack of thinking skills on the part of someone elected to serve her community it looks like we will have to.

[IJWS15]

She wasn’t elected, her husband was.

[cobra kid]

Chuck her in the sea. Job done.

[bad company]

Her husband’s status as a councillor should have nothing to do with it. I’d give her community service.

[Tiglon]

No, she should have to pay the bill herself.

[Gastons_Revenge]

Happy to pay for her to serve at His Majesty's pleasure. Despicable witch.

[dundarach]

Yes

People need to have more responsibility for their actions!

[Simpo Two]

bad company said:

Her husband’s status as a councillor should have nothing to do with it. I’d give her community service.

That would be much more useful.

Jailing people for typing is not a healthy society even if they are stupid and you don't like the words. And in any case, the jails are already full.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Incitement to murder. Jail time isn't outrageous.

It's funny how, since these riots, so many on the right have suddenly become, what they would have called a few months ago, soft on crime and do-gooders.

[mickythefish]

why you championing her when loads have been locked up. but they were blokes from council estates?

The person who shared her tweet got 38 months, so should be at least this.

[Leptons]

It’s a no from me. Something, maybe. Jail time - no.

[pigface1001]

What she did was silly but not worthy of jail time.

[Patio]

I think jail time is ott
People throwing things buses or trying to suffocate people get suspended sentences

Machete murderers being let out to make space for tweeters, mental!

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Patio said:

Machete murderers being let out to make space for tweeters, mental!

Has this happened?

[Patio]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Patio said:

Machete murderers being let out to make space for tweeters, mental!

Has this happened?

Yep

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq82d7en0yxo.a...

[bad company]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Patio said:

Machete murderers being let out to make space for tweeters, mental!

Has this happened?

She’s still being held on remand so probably, yes.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not defending her. I just don’t see jail time as appropriate.

[Simpo Two]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Incitement to murder. Jail time isn't outrageous.

Better lock up 'cobra kid' too then...

cobra kid said:

Chuck her in the sea. Job done.

You see, once you start, there is no end to it.

[qwerty360]

Patio said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Patio said:

Machete murderers being let out to make space for tweeters, mental!

Has this happened?

Yep

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq82d7en0yxo.a...

Marginal on whether the person released was a murderer.

Reads as the gang member who supplied the machete got out early;

The one who actually carried out the attack isn't eligible for early release.


Though I do have to wonder why on earth attacking someone with a machete was manslaughter, not murder.
(Looking at it a chunk of this appears to be gang violence which the 'victim' was actively involved in violence when they were killed - they were trying to hit people with a baseball bat when they got slashed in response with machete...)


Though I do agree that the tweet should probably be significant community service rather than jail.

[BikeBikeBIke]

[quote=bad company]Should taxpayers really be footing the bill for jailing this woman?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5y8x2nnwx7t



Incitement to commit arson and (presumably) kill.

So deffo illegal.

I'm sure in a normal times it wouldn't even be charged but they quite rightly need to make examples to stop it all getting out of hand.

Having said that couldn't they have found a better case to make an example of? She deleted the post and seemingly isn't a criminal outside of this one post. Is that really the worst post they could find?

Christ a guy who shared it got 38 months. God.knows that actually writing is is going to get:

"It’s worth bearing in mind what happened to Tyler Kay who reposted Connolly’s words.

The 26-year-old Northampton man received 38 months - and he pleaded guilty as soon as he could, thereby receiving the maximum one third discount."

Ironically the media are all sharing the post in full. Full on Streisand.

Edited by BikeBikeBIke on Monday 2nd September 16:18

Edited by BikeBikeBIke on Monday 2nd September 17:36