Footballer Walks Free After Road Rage

[DrFilth]

> left a motorcyclist covered in blood and with damaged vision in one eye
after a road rage incident has walked free from court. <


> 'If you think that you have got away with it, you think again, young man'

Judge Angela Morris, Reading Crown Court <



do you think he has got away with it ?



http://www.uknewsday.com/index.php/news/38522-reading-fc-s-matthew-partridge-20-walks-free-from-court-after-road-rage-attack.html

[New Judge]

The problem arises because suspended prison sentences are treated in the same way as immediate custodial sentences. Assuming Mr Partridge’s guilty plea was entered at the Magistrates’ Court this matter was sent to the Crown Court for sentencing. The Magistrates clearly thought that the offence warranted more than their maximum powers (six months custody) would allow. I doubt they had in mind a suspended sentence (of any duration) or they might well have sentenced him themselves to a shorter suspended sentence. Of course he has been sentenced to twelve months but the sentence was suspended, despite him having committed an earlier offence of violence. The Magistrates would have done better to have retained jurisdiction themselves and sentenced him to their maximum with immediate effect.

Despite Judge Morris’s remarks to the contrary, Mr Partridge (and no doubt many members of the public) will believe that he has indeed “got away with” this extremely violent offence. And I think they’d be correct.

[tonyav]

Got off very light imo.

[piggynose]

what goes around, comes round

[Gromit]

He is obviously a ***, just look at the photos. As I mention on another thread today, footballers tend to be not very bright, and this is just another example.

He should consider himself a lucky boy, a small fine from the court and his club.
He'll probably end up selling drugs as a career quite soon.

[douglas9401]

I'm sure he's relieved that the rough edge of the tongue was not employed when passing sentence.
That would have crushed such a fragile flower.

I think The Last Leg put it best when they said 'Don't Be A Dick'. The photos suggest it's too late though.

[ToraToraTora]

Dam savage deserved a spell in the slammer as big Ron's "special friend".

[murraymints]

Little thug....should be banged up ..teach him a lesson !

[askyourgran]

Someone ought to slap that little thug around a bit.

[sandyRoe]

How many violent crimes would he need to commit before he got a taste of porridge?

[Svejk]

I guess I'm alone, then, in thinking the sentence about right. hopefully he's still young enough to 'cop himself on' and realise what a lucky lad he is.
if he'd gone to prison now its highly likely his football 'career' would be finished with a strong possibility of a spiral into a life of crime.
so, and I hope this is what the court intended, one last chance and if he fecks up again then really clobber him.

[youngmafbog]

He has already had a chance. Well when he really harms someone next time I'm sure the liberal judiciary will look kindly again. Looks like you only get 7 years for killing someone anyway from recent rulings so I guess this falls in line with that.

I agree TTT, a spell sharing a cell and shower with Mr big may have awoken him.

[Gladeian]

And how has Judge Angela Morris served Mr Mannion, the innocent victim of this scum's disgusting violent behaviour ? With contempt is my view. Too much consideration for the violent feral youth who behave in this manner than the interests of the law-abiding members of the public who do obey and respect the laws. Should have been locked up for a long time.