and another one

[Lardy Ninja]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2714433.stm

NB He was banned from driving for life; for driving while disqualified, not for the fact that he
killed two people.

LN

 

[Danny Colyer]

lardy ninja wrote:
> NB He was banned from driving for life; for driving while disqualified, not for the fact that he
> killed two people.

On the plus side, at least he was put away for manslaughter.

I can't help thinking it seems a bit futile to ban someone from driving for driving while banned :-/

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[Graham Glen]

In message <[email protected]>, lardy ninja
<[email protected]> writes
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2714433.stm
>
>NB He was banned from driving for life; for driving while disqualified, not for the fact that he
> killed two people.
>
Eh? Not wishing to seem to be a car apologist, but in the URL it says

He was jailed for eight years on each count of manslaughter, the sentences to run concurrently.

Unless the story has been re-written since you posted.

Graham
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[James Annan]

Graham Glen wrote:
> In message <[email protected]>, lardy ninja
> <[email protected]> writes
>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2714433.stm
>>
>> NB He was banned from driving for life; for driving while disqualified, not for the fact that he
>> killed two people.
>>
> Eh? Not wishing to seem to be a car apologist, but in the URL it says
>
> He was jailed for eight years on each count of manslaughter, the sentences to run concurrently.

But the lifetime driving ban is for driving while disqualified. I guess when he gets out, drives
while disqualified and has another crash, he'll get a double ban with bells on.

James

 

[Chris French]

In message <[email protected]>, James Annan <[email protected]> writes
>Graham Glen wrote:
>> In message <[email protected]>, lardy ninja
>> <[email protected]> writes
>>
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2714433.stm
>>>
>>> NB He was banned from driving for life; for driving while disqualified, not for the fact that he
>>> killed two people.
>>>
>> Eh? Not wishing to seem to be a car apologist, but in the URL it says He was jailed for eight
>> years on each count of manslaughter, the sentences to run concurrently.
>
>But the lifetime driving ban is for driving while disqualified.

Does it really matter why he was banned?

He was convicted if manslaughter,, maybe you can't be banned from driving for that offence (since
you can cause manslaughter in many ways). Hence being charged with and convicted of the driving
while disqualified offence

--
Chris French, Leeds

 

[Tony W]

"Danny Colyer" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> lardy ninja wrote:
> > NB He was banned from driving for life; for driving while disqualified, not for the fact that he
> > killed two people.
>
> On the plus side, at least he was put away for manslaughter.
>
> I can't help thinking it seems a bit futile to ban someone from driving for driving while
> banned :-/

I would have thought driving while banned was a clear case of contempt of court -- at which point
can't the judge can pretty much make up the sentance? Certainly worth a bang to rights and throw
away the key!!

 

[Just Zis Guy]

On Sat, 1 Feb 2003 08:43:02 -0000, "Tony W" <[email protected]> wrote:

>> On the plus side, at least he was put away for manslaughter.

>I would have thought driving while banned was a clear case of contempt of court -- at which point
>can't the judge can pretty much make up the sentance? Certainly worth a bang to rights and throw
>away the key!!

The "advantage" of a manslaughter charge in this case, AIUI, is that under the Rehabilitation of
Offenders Act it will never become a spent conviction.

Guy
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[Just Zis Guy]

On Sat, 01 Feb 2003 08:11:29 +0900, James Annan <[email protected]> wrote:

>But the lifetime driving ban is for driving while disqualified. I guess when he gets out, drives
>while disqualified and has another crash, he'll get a double ban with bells on.

Just so. And he had his children in the car with him! Cut his goolies off. Retrospectively if
possible. He doesn't deserve to have children. He is a selfish pile of ordure who is not fit to be
part of a civilised society.

Guy
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[Graham Glen]

In message <[email protected]>, James Annan <[email protected]> writes
>Graham Glen wrote:
>> In message <[email protected]>, lardy ninja
>> <[email protected]> writes
>>
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2714433.stm
>>>
>>> NB He was banned from driving for life; for driving while disqualified, not for the fact that he
>>> killed two people.
>>>
>> Eh? Not wishing to seem to be a car apologist, but in the URL it says He was jailed for eight
>> years on each count of manslaughter, the sentences to run concurrently.
>
>But the lifetime driving ban is for driving while disqualified. I guess when he gets out, drives
>while disqualified and has another crash, he'll get a double ban with bells on.
>

Sorry, didn't have my reading head on. Comes from cycling home from the pub I suppose.

Graham
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[James Annan]

chris French wrote:
> In message <[email protected]>, James Annan <[email protected]> writes
>
>> Graham Glen wrote:
>>
>>> In message <[email protected]>, lardy ninja <[email protected]>
>>> writes
>>>
>>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2714433.stm
>>>>
>>>> NB He was banned from driving for life; for driving while disqualified, not for the fact that
>>>> he killed two people.
>>>>
>>> Eh? Not wishing to seem to be a car apologist, but in the URL it says He was jailed for eight
>>> years on each count of manslaughter, the sentences to run concurrently.
>>
>>
>> But the lifetime driving ban is for driving while disqualified.
>
>
> Does it really matter why he was banned?

Yes. The objectionable point is that he doesn't get banned for killing people, but for the
essentially technical offence of driving while disqualified. And since he alrady ignored the first
ban, the second one seems rather futile.

James