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Re: "Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime"
Gah! No. Fricking. Way!
http://www.harlowstar.co.uk/harlowst....asp?ID=459627
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ONE of the country’s most prolific teenage thieves has walked free from court – despite owning up to hundreds of offences in which cash and goods totalling more than £1m were stolen.
Yet despite pleading guilty to 20 offences and asking for another 645 to be taken into account, Wernham was spared a jail sentence.
Instead he was ordered to complete 150 hours of unpaid work
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Oh it gets better.
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he and his partner have been allocated a rent-paid home at an undisclosed address in Chelmsford.
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Ooh that sends out a message that crime doesn't pay.
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