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turbobloke

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104,014 posts

261 months

Thursday 16th June 2005
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...Chances of escape afer committing a serious crime:
[quote=A letter writer in the Daily Telegraph]1 in 10 murderers in London goes free. 3 in 10 armed robbers do so too, Sir Ian Blair notes. Fewer than 1 in 1000 motoring offences goes unpunished. So, if you have to murder or commit an armed robbery, don't speed away and you'll have reasonable odds of living to kill or rob another day.[/quote]Is this the ultimate depiction of misplaced priorities or an inevitable result of BLiar's car-hating government and its obsession with targets?

[small]Whoa there BiB, don't shoot the messenger :)[/small]

nonegreen

7,803 posts

271 months

Thursday 16th June 2005
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turbobloke said:
...Chances of escape afer committing a serious crime:
A letter writer in the Daily Telegraph said:
1 in 10 murderers in London goes free. 3 in 10 armed robbers do so too, Sir Ian Blair notes. Fewer than 1 in 1000 motoring offences goes unpunished. So, if you have to murder or commit an armed robbery, don't speed away and you'll have reasonable odds of living to kill or rob another day.
Is this the ultimate depiction of misplaced priorities or an inevitable result of BLiar's car-hating government and its obsession with targets?

Whoa there BiB, don't shoot the messenger

Its also a result of spineless senior management in the police force. Lets face it Brunstrom is not just incompetant he is guilty of manslaughter.

MilnerR

8,273 posts

259 months

Thursday 16th June 2005
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Where did the telegraph letter writer get these figures from? So out of 1000 traffic offences 999 are prosecuted? I don't believe that for a second. I'm mortally against the unfair persecution of the motorist but i think our arguments should be kept in the realms of reality.....

hedders

24,460 posts

248 months

Thursday 16th June 2005
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I imagine the figures refer to actual prosecutions.

EG: out of 1000 motoring court cases only one person is found innocent etc.

apache

39,731 posts

285 months

Thursday 16th June 2005
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turbobloke said:
...Chances of escape afer committing a serious crime:

A letter writer in the Daily Telegraph said:
1 in 10 murderers in London goes free. 3 in 10 armed robbers do so too, Sir Ian Blair notes. Fewer than 1 in 1000 motoring offences goes unpunished. So, if you have to murder or commit an armed robbery, don't speed away and you'll have reasonable odds of living to kill or rob another day.

Is this the ultimate depiction of misplaced priorities or an inevitable result of BLiar's car-hating government and its obsession with targets?

Whoa there BiB, don't shoot the messenger


nonegreen said:

Its also a result of spineless senior management in the police force. Lets face it Brunstrom is not just incompetant he is guilty of manslaughter.




On the money again ng, it's sad to see these people say how disgusting and immoral it all is once they have retired. I remember Brunstrom even admitted they weren't working and then it went all quiet, no doubt it was suggested he shut the f*** up if he wanted to see a pension, they make me puke

james_j

3,996 posts

256 months

Thursday 16th June 2005
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apache said:


turbobloke said:
...Chances of escape afer committing a serious crime:


A letter writer in the Daily Telegraph said:
1 in 10 murderers in London goes free. 3 in 10 armed robbers do so too, Sir Ian Blair notes. Fewer than 1 in 1000 motoring offences goes unpunished. So, if you have to murder or commit an armed robbery, don't speed away and you'll have reasonable odds of living to kill or rob another day.


Is this the ultimate depiction of misplaced priorities or an inevitable result of BLiar's car-hating government and its obsession with targets?

Whoa there BiB, don't shoot the messenger




nonegreen said:

Its also a result of spineless senior management in the police force. Lets face it Brunstrom is not just incompetant he is guilty of manslaughter.





On the money again ng, it's sad to see these people say how disgusting and immoral it all is once they have retired. I remember Brunstrom even admitted they weren't working and then it went all quiet, no doubt it was suggested he shut the f*** up if he wanted to see a pension, they make me puke


Yes, spineless ar$e crawlers who will do anything to "appear" to do the right thing and that includes going for the easy target, that being the respectable motorist who in the main will pay up straight away out of fear.

turbobloke

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104,014 posts

261 months

Thursday 16th June 2005
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MilnerR said:
Where did the telegraph letter writer get these figures from? So out of 1000 traffic offences 999 are prosecuted? I don't believe that for a second. I'm mortally against the unfair persecution of the motorist but i think our arguments should be kept in the realms of reality...
Could be actual prosecutions like hedders said, maybe it's from some figures published by the met with Blair's name against them somewhere.