In any given population there will be honest people and less honest ones. You have to take into account that many would take a chance that you wouldn't (you read about them every day in the newspaper). 7 years (or 5) for £750M seems incredibly low to me. I know a solicitor who got 4 1/2 years for his part in a £22M fraud in which he personally stood to gain nothing. He probably got a bit more because he was a solicitor and thus in a position of trust but even so.
Right on. And like I said, a railway runs up to the top of the mountain. I have walked down beside that railway. There is wide, grassy path to the side of it with plenty of room for a 4 by 4. Guys who drive away from the cops at high speed, who are a real danger, do not get 22 months. As you said, he was punished for being cheeky. The system should be bigger than that and a short, sharp sentence was all that was required to make the point.
http://www.mortgageintroducer.com/m...iled_for_UK's_biggest_ever_mortgage_fraud.htm
Yes, it would not be surprising since much of the money will have gone into property. It's better if you can to get hold of the £750M in cash because property is not very liquid, but that's tricky and also gives rise to security and transport problems and entails complicated arrangements to launder the stuff. But it's definitely worth thinking about if the only down side is 5-7 (in reality 2/12/ to 3 1/2) inside.
I saw the judge rejected the idea it was racially motivated. Seems odd. He also, watching the same film I just saw, thought the assailants might have been partly justified by the actions of the victim's boyfriend. Anyone can watch the film and see the judge had his head up his backside. The boyfriend was remarkably restrained.
Potentially damaging? What can this mean?
As you were walking, you should have noticed the quite serious erosion on parts of the track. That's the reason people should be heavily discouraged from driving up it. The sentence was fair IMO.
Angry - the answers were posted already. See post no. 45
Well sure, no problem. In my neck of the woods we get a lot of sentencing decisions that just seem out of line with each other. Hopefully people can collect a few more.Sure, I just wanted to play the game so I posted after reading only your initial post and not reading any commentary. I like this idea. Let's see more of this sort o'ting in future!
