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Allowing Lord Ahmed's sentence appeal, Lady Justice Hallett said that in the court's view, the sentencing judge had had "no option but to impose a custodial sentence".
Lord Ahmed's use of the mobile phone, in the dark on a motorway, had "put people's lives at risk and for no good reason".
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But because of the "exceptional" personal mitigation in his case, Lady Justice Hallett said the court was able to take the step of suspending the sentence for 12 months.
Lord Ahmed's barrister, Jeremy Baker QC, had argued the jail sentence could "irreparably and permanently" damage Lord Ahmed's ability to carry out community work in the future.
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Proof indeed that there is one law for them and one for the rest of us
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Most probably. As would be banned from driving for a while and requiring a new test when the ban is lifted. (I take that the latter did happen?)
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He was also banned from driving for a year and ordered to pay £500 prosecution costs.
Or will we hear that that has been quashed too