How long ?......

[bazwillrun]

do you think this piece of human detritus will get ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17352740

In an ideal world he would never be allowed to walk the streets of this country again but thats unlikely to happen.

But as the judges and magistrates have been setting examples with the sentencing of a lot of these people (much to the chagrin of the handwringers, no suprise there) he might be taken out circulation for an extremely long time.

[Gladeian]

D9, youngmafbog and bazwillrun - I am with you 100% as well - and the punishment for manslaughter is life anyway - let us hope the judge has the ba11s to jail this scum for as long as possible.

[chaptazbru]

I don't know about that case, but if that's what he did unprovoked, then yes, he's as bad !

[chaptazbru]

Well said Gladeian ...

[sp1814]

Zeuhl has made a valid point that really should be answered.

And I want to draw attention to something...if I get into a fight with someone, punch them and they fall to the ground hitting their head on the pavement and subsequently die, should my sentence be the same as a man who lies in bushes, jumps out and stabs a chap in the face twenty times with a machete?

This is going to sound counter-intuative - but we HAVE to have 'degrees of murder'.

If you punch someone, you are not necessarily thinking of murdering them.

If you grind a broken bottle into their carotid artery for five minutes, then you probably ARE trying to murder them.

The law needs to reflect these different forms of killing.

d9f1c7 - you wrote "To the hand wringing left flip flop it is the same. They love to use the law to protect violent criminals"

I would suggest that isn't the case.

[Rodge2]

Remember the way the killer of Philip Lawrence got off so lightly.

[Zeuhl]

Manslaughter typically results in a custodial sentence of around 2 - 10 years

And the proportionate sentence for the Copper whose trial is scheduled to open at the Old Bailey on 13 June

According to the Tomlinson inquest jury:

< unlawful killing. They ruled that the officer in question had used excessive and unreasonable force in hitting Tomlinson, and had acted "illegally, recklessly and dangerously>

[ummmm]

Why are people accused of being hand wringing lefties if they think the law of the land should apply?

[Zeuhl]

Ummmm

Perhaps Mr Angry thinks all the High Court Judges are commies and hippies too

[JackDanielsU]

whatever it is he gets it wont be enough, and he wont be a better man for it- he'll socialise with other scumbags, and be out soon, and can impress his pals he was banged up...it was easy blud..etc etc

also heres hoping his mother gets locked up as well for trying to destroy evidence of his crimes