Huhne and Pryce get 8 months

it's innit with double-n, you oik !

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Originally Posted by donKey jote

it's innit with double-n, you oik !

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Says who?

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Originally Posted by henners88

When you consider you can steel a car, drive the police on a 10 mile chase and get a 12 month suspended sentence, it really does show how out of proportion judgements like this are. The judge obviously used this guys public status to make an example, but in other cases they are afraid to hand out stiffer sentences for worse crimes when dealing with the average Joe.

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I don't think that's true, actually — none of the stories I've read have suggested that these sentences were disproportionate to others meted out for the same crime. What's at fault is the definition of this specific crime as perversion of the cause of justice, which means it carries a much harsher sentence than it ought.

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

Says who?

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says the "Oxford" Urban dictionary :p
Urban Dictionary: innit

although init is also listed, innit ? :)
Urban Dictionary: init

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Originally Posted by donKey jote

says the "Oxford" Urban dictionary :p
Urban Dictionary: innit

although both are listed init :)
Urban Dictionary: init

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Sucks teeth in annoyance...... don't diss me spelling! ;)

I'd always go for 'innit'.

Innit Doh :up:

[with apologies for the smilies :) ]

dunno innit > duno init :p

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Originally Posted by henners88

When you consider you can steel a car, drive the police on a 10 mile chase and get a 12 month suspended sentence, it really does show how out of proportion judgements like this are. The judge obviously used this guys public status to make an example, but in other cases they are afraid to hand out stiffer sentences for worse crimes when dealing with the average Joe.

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I absolutely agree with this. I was watching Road Wars just the other night and am amazed at stuff like 2 15 year old girls with no insurance or anything getting away with driving a car dangerously, scot free.

In Dec 2007, I got done for IN10 - driving without Insurance. A real shame as that's a total one off and I'll never do it again. There was no excuse, but one night I was really stressed at 2am and just really needed to get out of the house as I couldn't sleep, so I drove to the shops in the night, though I hadn't been able to drive as there was some technical issue delaying the insurance being sorted. It was really dumb, but if I may say so, my actual driving was very safe and good that night, but on the way back a police car turned up behind me and the game was up. I was fined £210 and 6pts. It was totally a one-off, just not like me at all and will never happen again. Also, being younger, I didn't realise quite how important it was to have insurance, for anyone you might crash into...

The points only just came off in Jan and I have to say they've been extremely costly. They've stopped me getting work and cause an ahem (knock-on) effect still making things difficult for me now. I had to pay court costs, had to pay to get to court and back, taxi back on the night, had to pay for the impounded car, extra delays etc. With loss of earnings, the true cost was easily into 5 figures...

At least I must surely by now have definitely paid my debt to society, for an (inexcusable) slip. It really has cost me. But other people drive dangerously and get a caution. :confused:

The insurance did finally get sorted literally the morning after I got stopped, having been delayed for weeks...