vendredi 11 juillet 2014

You be the judge (more sentencing)

Case A



What do you think of this one reported by the Daily Mail




Quote:








Horrifying moment student became ‘human fireball’ after bouncer deliberately set fire to his fancy dress SHEEP costume at party

Sean Collins, 22, spent 12 hours making outfit of cotton wool and hairspray

He attended a friend's 21st birthday party at Evoque nightclub in Preston

Student, from Sunderland, was with friends when his costume caught fire

Said: 'I became a human fireball instantly - I can't begin to describe the pain'

He suffered 12 per cent burns and needed several skin grafts in hospital

Yesterday club doorman Thomas McGuiness, 24, [sentenced]

Father of two from Chorley had set Mr Collins' costume alight with lighter

He admitted unlawful wounding but said he hadn't meant to set it alight

Gasps from courtroom as footage of incident played to Prest



Anybody want to guess this sentence? The victim's hand looked like this







Answer:



18 months :jaw-dropp







Case B



Just to have a second case to talk about, there is also this one in the Mail




Quote:








Three women nicknamed 'Desperate Housewives' jailed for helping run £500,000 drug trafficking empire with their husbands and family from leafy spa town

Fay Read, 24, Victoria Clayton and Julie Scruton key figures in drugs ring

Read's partner Joseph McIntyre, 37, was head of Harrogate-based racket

Couple were on benefits, but enjoyed exotic holidays and designer clothes

Clayton, 54, accompanied her husband Martin, 50, on drug deals

Scruton, 45, helped brother Russell Baker, 35, store and mix drugs

Gang even hid £30,000 worth of drugs in a cemetery, court was told

Read [was sentenced] Clayton [was sentenced] Scruton [was sentenced]







4 years, 5 years and 6 years respectively







Comparator - a solicitor I know got 4 1/2 years for his part in a £22M fraud, inducing a lender to believe a loan was backed by security when there was none such. He was found guilty after a trial.



So, case A and case B verdicts please.



Tragic Monkey - I am assuming you vote death for all offences, including parking tickets, except for murder for reasons I forget, so no need to post unless you have undergone a Damascene conversion to non-primate values.




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