Swift Justice.

[anotheoldgit]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-47523268

Committed a crime on Saturday and jailed on Monday.

/// His defence asked for community service or a suspended prison sentence but magistrates ruled that a "message had to be sent out to fans" ///

It's a pity that the same message can't be sent out to some of the knife wielding gangs on our city's streets.

[fiction-factory]

>I have no idea why you thought it necessary to question my previous profession either!
That's an easy one. I couldn't see how anyone familiar in any way with the legal process and the sentencing guidelines would make the suggestion you made.

[sidkid]

Actually it was even quicker than that - the game was on Sunday...

[zebo]

'Are you really a teacher? If so that would explain why the children on the streets today are untamed.'

AB is morphing into the DM!
Children on the street are the responsibility of their breeders not the schools.

[fiction-factory]

I think PP had his tongue in his cheek, zebo.
Whilst teachers can have some influence it is unfortunately the case that when i first meet a group of children at age 11 it is usualy pretty clear which ones will be a challenge (to put it politely) and the first meeting with parents often confirms it.
Anyway, sorry, back to the thread...

[Canary42]

That's an interesting comparison you draw there AOG. The motivation behind both offences is Peer Pressure, something very difficult to combat. The football fan was egged on by other fans just as much as gang members encourage other youths to join in.

In the latter case however, I suspect that prison sentences add to the street cred, which rather complicates it.

Whether stiffer sentences would ameliorate this I just don't know.

[ToraToraTora]

good to see this savage banged up.