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Originally Posted by nomadking
Average range of sentence for others has been 5 to 7 months. Upper range of guidelines is 4 years, and that might be for damage well in excess of £1m. These are the official CPS and sentencing guidelines.
If you viewed the tree from 90 degrees from how it's normally pictured, it would just be a tree with no special meaning.
What mitigating measures, and what have they got to do with any damage?
The sentencing was way out of proportion and arises from the hysteria surrounding events.
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Before we go any further, did you watch the sentencing hearing? Because a qualified crown court judge explained exactly, in considerable detail, how she arrived at the sentence, with reference to the sentencing guidelines, that (I take a wild guess) she understands significantly better than you do …