Thread: Students Rioting in London.
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Old 18-07-2011, 12:31   #1478
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Re: Students Rioting in London.
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Originally Posted by denphone View Post
Sorry Danielf but l have to disagree with you because if it was me l would have given him 5 years for what he did especially for his total lack of any common decency on the Cenotaph and also for his other disgraceful acts as well.
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Originally Posted by martyh View Post
It does have to be put in perspective .We see burglars and muggers get community service and yet someone who swings off the cenotaph ,although morally outrageous to decent people a relatively harmless incident get jail time .I think the real issue here is how do we get consistency in sentencing
From what I understand his charges didn't even relate to the incident at the cenotaph.

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Originally Posted by Hugh View Post
Actually, for violent disorder you can get up to five years.
Indeed you can, but you have to be very, very violent and very, very disorderly to get it. Throwing a bin at a car is nowhere near what you would typically get sixteen months for, let alone five years.
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