It's Good to Be a British Criminal
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It's Good to Be a British Criminal
Victim Debra Wilson testified that she had been driven nearly into bankruptcy by loan shark Robert Reynolds, 39, who extorted over time the equivalent of about $135,000. In December, Reynolds was convicted in Durham Crown Court but ordered to repay only the equivalent of about $2,300. (However, the judge warned that if Reynolds failed to pay, he could be jailed for up to 35 days!) [BBC News, 12-23-09]
In September 2008, veteran criminal Waled Salem and two partners were discovered burglarizing the home of businessman Munir Hussain. Salem, wielding a knife, restrained Hussain, his wife, and children and resumed the ransacking. Hussain freed himself and chased the men away, catching up only with Salem, whom he then beat with a cricket bat. In December 2009 in Reading Crown Court, Salem was sentenced to probation, but Hussain got 30 months in jail for assault. [Daily Mail, 12-15-09]
a friend of mine, who lives in canada told me that a few years ago a drunk driver hit and ran a young cop in her city. that cop could have been saved if that driver had stayed and called 9-11.. by the time ppl noticed the accident and called the medics it was too late.. the cop died because of the blood loss.. and here comes the saddest par..that drunk driver was sentenced to only two years in jail!!
"The more I see of the world the more am I dissatisfied with it." Jane Austen.
Its rather sad than funny to know the flaws in law everywhere.........
"It is better to be hated for what you are than being loved for what you are not."