Our Stupid Judiciary At It Again

[Canary42]

No doubt if it was an unemployed single mother stealing £15 for food for her child then off to jail she would go.

But the rich as usual, get away without jail in spite of stealing thousands.

“I told you on the last occasion that you fully deserved to go to prison,” said the judge, but of course he chickened out and suspended it.

Money money money, must be chummy, in a rich man's world.

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/trader-created-lies-scam-thousands-143500479.html

[naomi24]

He has been given a suspended sentence in order to repay his victims. As the judge said if he sent him to prison his victims would not get their money back.

[sunny-dave]

It would have been perfectly possible to offer him 1 year in jail if he paid everyone back and 2 years if he didn't - and 6 months to make the payments before the prison sentence started. But that wouldn't occur to the thick-as-mince judiciary ...

[webbo3]

canary, did you not read the article.
\\“Conman” Nilkesh Mehta was given six months to save the money to repay the victims he duped into joining his training academy, or face immediate jail time.//

Face immediate jail.

[jno]

immediate minus six months and possibly none at all. Lucky chap!

[barry1010]

Unemployed single mothers are often given cautions for shoplifting. The system is reluctant to send first time offenders to prison and are unlikely to get as far as court.

[barry1010]

Even this prolific shoplifter caught offending on conditional discharge avoided prison https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/shoplifting-single-mum-avoids-ja-a70460/

I think the courts decision was the right one, his victims got their money back

[youngmafbog]

//No doubt if it was an unemployed single mother stealing £15 for food for her child then off to jail she would go.//

Let me corerct that for you, "No doubt if it was an single male stealing £15 for food for his child then off to jail she would go."

Women are always treated with kid gloves by the judiciary.

Anway, as pointed out above clearly you didnt read the whole article.

That or you would rather the victims didnt get their money back?

[barry1010]

young, I could post many links proving that men who are prolific shoplifters also don't always get set to prison. This case just last week -
https://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/news/thames-valley/news/2022/september/26-09-2022/man-sentenced-for-shoplifting--west-oxfordshire/

This chap found guilty of 30 counts of shoplifting, no prison sentence
https://www.sussex.police.uk/news/sussex/news/court-results/horsham-shoplifter-given-criminal-behaviour-order/

[William51]

The judge was humane towards the victims, out of jail he can pay the money back, any misdemeanours and he will be jailed.