Law6 mins ago
Lets See If This Mob Are Fast Tracked To Prison.
lets see if this mob are fast tracked to prison as quickly as a dodgy tweet or will it be two tier justice because they are pro palestinian.
Also note none are from Bristol just like a majority they turn up for the refugees welcome protests
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I feel that people who destroy the property of others, block roads and harass people are harming their 'cause' and alienating people. They deserve what ever punishment they get.
I have sympathy for all the civilians in Gaza and Israel.
I can't see them stopping fighting within my lifetime. They have been fighting for decades and nothing has been resolved.
i'm not sure how you "know" what's going to happen ymb. it sounds like they have already been remanded in custody, which is exactly what is happening ith the other people webbo3 refers to. their hearing is next month (which seems pretty quick to me)
i would imagine that as they have been charged with terrorism offenses, if they are found guilty they are likely to have high sentences too.
The 2 charged with terrorism offences obviously will NOT be fast tracked to prison. Far more serious offences that will not be dealt with by a minor court.
The ones charged with violent disorder I suspect won't be fast tracked either. The were attacking a facility as part of a protest about arms sales. A far more complex motive than looting gingerbread men from Greggs.
So no, they will be dealt with differently because the offences are not like for like.
// attacking a company thinking it supplies arms to Israel when it doesn't. //
// Palestine Action activists 'caused £1m of damage in raid on Israeli defence firm HQ' //
It appears to be a contractor to the IDF, so a legitimate target if you are protesting about Gaza. And the reason they didn't attack Gregg's instead.
"Far more serious offences that will not be dealt with by a minor court."
Leaving aside appeals, there are only two types of court where criminal matters are concluded: the Magistrates’ Court and the Crown court. In general the Magistrates’ Court deals with less serious offences.
However, there are three types of offences:
“Summary” offences. These can only be dealt with to a conclusion in the Magistrates’ Court.
“Indictable Only” offences. These can only be dealt with to a conclusion in the Crown Court (although the defendant will first appear in the Magistrates’ Court and he will be immediately sent from there - either in custody or on bail - to the Crown Court).
“Either Way” offences. As the name suggests, they can be dealt with in either court. The process for deciding where Either Way offences are dealt with need not concern us here.
Most of the people sentenced to reasonably lengthy sentences over the past week or two had pleaded guilty to “Violent Disorder”. Although this is an Either Way offence, the Magistrates’ sentencing guidelines make it clear that, bar in exceptional circumstances, people facing that charge would be dealt with in the Crown Court. So they would have entered their guilty plea in the Magistrates Court and from there they would have been committed for sentencing in the Crown Court.
This is the same court, presided over by the same judges, that would hear the most serious offences such as terrorism and murder, so there is nothing “minor” about the court where those people have been dealt with.
"It appears to be a contractor to the IDF, so a legitimate target if you are protesting about Gaza."
There is no legitimacy in causing £1m worth of damage, whatever your cause (unless you can convince the court that the owners of the property would have agreed to you committing the damage if they knew why you did it). Protesting against something does not confer that legitimacy.
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