agar would have had some kind of excuse!!

It was a 6 month term, suspended for 18 months

Ah, someone's in bother then!

The other case is for a different crime and the two are not connected in anyway.

He has not been held on remand and I still reckon he has struck a deal with the CPS and will cop a bender. The other way would have dragged on for months if ........ the CPS had the funds to proceed. Pleading guilty gets rid of all this and the CPS will have saved oodles of dosh and get a result and at the end of the day that is the way this all works.



The prisons are full of people at the moment as well and I do mean full, would a prison sentence serve the public any good. I doubt that I really do a bloke who was fiddling his ebay account with dodgy bids to boost prices will get a £30K fine soon. I see this as no different its hardy the crime of the century, in fact its a bit petty and none too bright.



I would sooner courts stuck to putting people inside prison who need to be there, the law is there to correct, protect and punish offenders we do not live in the dark ages anymore.

in July 2008





Its spent now

Ah...he will walk then

The fact his two crimes are none related means nothing - they are 2 crimes. And I doubt CPS are that bothered about cutting a deal for financial purposes as the court will probably award costs in their favour.

Wasnt spent when he got charged

For all the debate this matter will provoke it's something that is hard to determine. The only consistent thing sorrounding sentancing is the inconsistancy.

but not at the time of the offence, which is how the magistrate should view it.

Of course he will they could have dealt with a guilty plea last year, but they left it until now so its nice and tidy to deal with.





This case is still sub judice by the way

Nope its when you are in court



and besides its not relevant as the two crimes are not connected