Guy who drove up snowdon jailed

[saaby93]

Jailed for 22 months
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wale...
in a frontera

[FisiP1]

Very harsh I'd say, but at the same time I can understand why they want to put people off emulating anything like this again.

[poing]

The guy sounds like a bit of a muppet but 22 months is stupid, people get less for far worse crimes than that!

[fjord]

I think it was more the fact he damaged a railway, wasted the time of a police copter, didnt turn up for court, and took the piss out of the courts by sticking a note to the doors...

[saaby93]

fjord said:

I think it was more the fact he damaged a railway,

what damage did he do to the railway?

[Ozzie Osmond]

I see he's from Cheltenham, so probably related to the other fool on here today posting about his antics!

[McSam]

He's acted like a complete neurotic ahole and it sounds like a jail sentence might be in order, but making up 16 months' of dangerous driving charges for that is stupid. I think anybody would have quite a hard time arguing he actively endangered anyone by the act of his driving..

Sentence perhaps reasonable, but for disregard for public property and damaging areas of natural beauty, emphatically not dangerous driving.

[carreauchompeur]

Thread already running here:

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/xforums/topic.asp?h=0...

[rehab71]

22 months is fking absurd!

People get less for robbing and kicking the shy out of people, what a joke.

[interloper]

The way that reads to me (strange notes and suicide threats etc), I think the guy in question needs mental help, not a prison term. Also the idea that driving up Snowdon is "dangerous driving" is complete nonsense.

[saaby93]

carreauchompeur said:

Thread already running here:

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/xforums/topic.asp?h=0...

oh yeah
This ones a bit more specific about him being jailed
Did he damage the railway?

[fjord]

saaby93 said:

what damage did he do to the railway?

He also denied that he had driven on the rail tracks of the Snowdon Mountain Railway, causing thousands of pounds worth of damage.

[saaby93]

fjord said:

saaby93 said:

what damage did he do to the railway?

He also denied that he had driven on the rail tracks of the Snowdon Mountain Railway, causing thousands of pounds worth of damage.

I saw that too but have you seen anything that says he did? Any article referring to the damage?

[fjord]

saaby93 said:

do you have anything to say he did?

By being found guilty?

[HaylingJag]

interloper said:

The way that reads to me (strange notes and suicide threats etc), I think the guy in question needs mental help, not a prison term. Also the idea that driving up Snowdon is "dangerous driving" is complete nonsense.

too right he needs mental help..........a Frontera ffs!!!!!

[saaby93]

fjord said:

saaby93 said:

do you have anything to say he did?

By being found guilty?

It doesnt actually say he was guilty of that.
Unless anyone can find anything relating to the damage.
He could deny causing the recent snow too
Is it the first time its been mentioned?

Edited by saaby93 on Friday 18th January 17:34

[davepoth]

interloper said:

The way that reads to me (strange notes and suicide threats etc), I think the guy in question needs mental help, not a prison term. Also the idea that driving up Snowdon is "dangerous driving" is complete nonsense.

Quite. For it to be dangerous driving the standard of driving has to be "far below" that expected of the average driver. To drive a 4x4 up a mountain in the dark I would think you'd have to be pretty damn good at it, frankly.

[fjord]

saaby93 said:

t doesnt actually say he was guilty of that.
Unless anyone can find anything relating to the damage.
He could deny causing the recent snow too
Is it the first time its been mentioned?

Edited by saaby93 on Friday 18th January 17:34

But it reads that he was found guilty of the offence of dangerous driving, which would have encompassed everything he did.

[saaby93]

fjord said:

But it reads that he was found guilty of the offence of dangerous driving, which would have encompassed everything he did.

youre not used to reporting style are you

beeb said:

Williams was handed a six month jail sentence for the first dangerous driving conviction, 10 months for the second offence, and a further six months for failing to answer bail at that start of his trial. The sentences must be served consecutively, making a total of 22 months behind bars.

Nothing about the denied damage to the railway.

Was there any or is this the first time its come up?

[LukeSi]

Fiver says he does it again when he gets out.