POLICE CHASE CAR THIEF WALKS FREE
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what most pepole dont get when a car gets nicked. Is that it is not theft. its twoc. In his case agravated TWOC. To prove Theft you have to prove intent to permantly deprive the owner of property it. The Sentence was about normal/avarage in this one.
Hence borrowing in and bending it around a lampost aint theft.
He would have got 18 instead of 12 but he probly got 3 off for pleading guilty and was on remand for 6
Hence borrowing in and bending it around a lampost aint theft.
He would have got 18 instead of 12 but he probly got 3 off for pleading guilty and was on remand for 6
Edited by dragonlord003 on Monday 19th June 19:28
Mon Ami Mate said:
vonhosen said:
petea said:
Parrot of Doom said:
But he served 6 months in prison. Thats hardly 'walking free'.
For me its the comparative sentences and how they are dealt with....the guy was guilty of all those offences costing tax payers how much...? Helicopters, crash damage, etc and he serves 6 months.
He deliberatley set out to do this.
When some one is caught speeding in their own car, fully road legal, etc, etc...look at what happens....depending on the speed, etc...huge fine and a ban, in extreme cases a prison sentence.
Whats worse?
Who has ever been sent to prison for speeding ?
Dangerous Driving, not speeding.
vonhosen said:
Speeding isn't an imprisonable offence, so he must have been charged with other offences like dangerous driving.
Urmmm..yes, it was dangerous driving, although the Judge in this case accepted that the burst of speed was to overtake a lorry, which makes me wonder what was dangerous, other than the obvious speed.
(I will happily say that nigh on 150mph is taking the p--s though.)
Based on the above, can anybody explain why this man is going to prison?!! JUDGE IN PRISON WARNING TO PETROL THIEF
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11:15 - 26 June 2006
A motorist who stole a tank of fuel then led police on a high- speed chase from Bath to Bristol has been told he faces jail.
Dean Clark put false number plates on his car then stole £46 worth of fuel from a petrol station in Bath on June 8 this year. As he drove off towards Bristol he was spotted by patrolling police officers. They followed the 41-year-old along the A420 at 80mph. Clarke then drove through Wick High Street at 60mph.
He was finally boxed in by police who smashed his windscreen.
Clarke admitted charges of dangerous driving, making off without payment, and using a vehicle without a test certificate, licence or insurance.
He appeared in the dock at Bristol Crown Court on Friday to be sentenced. However, his barrister, Timothy Hills, called for an adjournment and asked for a pre-sentence report to be prepared addressing the defendant's health and family problems.
Recorder Leslie Blohm remanded Clark, of Westleigh Close, Southmead, Bristol, into custody and adjourned sentencing until Friday, June 30.
He told him: "There's only one likely outcome and that's that you will receive a custodial sentence."
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tigger1 said:
....makes me wonder what was dangerous, other than the obvious speed.
(I will happily say that nigh on 150mph is taking the p--s though.)
(I will happily say that nigh on 150mph is taking the p--s though.)
what speed isnt taking the pi55 please ? - thats rhetorical! the point being if YOU can choose an arbitrary number that is taking the pi55 then so can anyone else - which is how come we end up with the stupid system we have.
Edited by francisb on Monday 26th June 14:55
Mr E said:
Mon Ami Mate said:
Mead was also ordered to pay £200 compensation to cover the insurance excess on the car
And the additional £500 a year cost for the next 5 years for the owner who had to claim following this idiots actions will be met by?
Oh yes, the owner.
That was my thought. No pratt in public service realises the true cost of crime, do they? (Insurance premium hikes, counselling sessions, additional security to home or car, taxis not walking because you don't want to get mugged again...)
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