Outrageous Sentence!

[saintpeter48]

This was in my hometown, the 14 year old boy stabbed a 56 year old man in the neck and stomach, the victim was the subject of a mistaken identity attack, the 14 year old was given just 4 years in a young offenders institute, his 14 year old accomplice was given a 12 month referral order ............ so much for getting tough on crime and carrying a knife with intent.

What is the matter with our courts system, to me he should've got at least 10 years for just carrying the knife, it does make you wonder what sort of message this sends out and what sort of deterrent this is meant to be, the 14 year old will be out in 2 years, at 16 years of age to get on with his life whilst the poor, innocent victim has to live with it for the rest of his days.

https://www.hampshirelive.news/news/southampton-barnfield-road-stabbing-court-5044690

[Baldric]

Your correct, makes perfect sense.

[royfromaus]

You're correct, makes perfect sense.


Should be 5 years minimum if caught carrying a knife imo.

[Baldric]

You're correct is correct, sorry.

[barnaclebill58]

Yet 10 years for not quarantining when there is probably nothing wrong with you .

[New Judge]

Sentencing of people under 18 does not follow traditional (adult) sentencing guidelines.

In general terms, people under 18 will only be subject to a custodial sentence if they commit a serious crime. A serious crime is tightly defined for this purpose. As a rough rule of thumb, a young person convicted of such a crime will, in most circumstances, be subject to roughly half the period in custody that an adult would. But this could be less than that - sometimes considerably less - the younger the person is. Periods of "rehabilitation" (i.e. when the offence becomes "spent" under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act) are half those for adults.

Youth's convicted of crimes outside the "serious" category (which includes possession of an offensive weapon) will in almost every instance be subject to a "referral order" (as was youth #2 in this report). There is virtually no other disposal available for such offences.

And please don't shoot the messenger! I happen to think the Youth Justice System in this country is completely unfit for purpose. It is one of the reasons why many Young Offenders go on to become Old Offenders. There are no sanctions of any significance imposed on young miscreants and they grow up believing there are no consequences to their illegal actions.

[New Judge]

//Yet 10 years for not quarantining when there is probably nothing wrong with you .//

A sentence which will never, ever, be imposed, Bill. Mr Hancock was indulging in a some more "scare them witless so they'll comply" tactics.

[Peter Pedant]

//Yet 10 years for not quarantining when there is probably nothing wrong with you .//
A sentence which will never, ever, be imposed, Bill.

o god you dont know some of our crazy judges !

oops sizza you are one so - - - you probably do !

[Smowball]

That is a disgusting sentence!!

[Peter Pedant]

I mean god readers what do you expect 10 y in the junior slammer to do?

turn out someone who will go to Cmabrdge annd become gobnor of the Bank of England (*)

(*) where there are enough thieves to start wiv

[Peter Pedant]

erm one of my contemporaries
Dartmoor to Cambridge : The Autobiography of a Prison Graduate
Curtis, Douglas. Published by Hodder & Stoughton (1973)
ISBN 10: 0340164816ISBN 13: 9780340164815

[ToraToraTora]

damn savages should be thrashed to within an inch of their miserable lives.

[fender62]

he will just go to the college of criminals, and come out the wiser as his peers will teach him well, bring back borstals.