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Al_mossah
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Hi all,
You'll remember the Hull road-rage incident. If not, for its full horror click here.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2869009.stm
I wrote to my MP, who raised the matter with the Home Office. He got a reply from Lord Falconer,
Secretary of State at the Home Office. You can view it here
http://www.btinternet.com/~hazel_peter/cycling/home_office.htm
The gist of it is that sentencing policy for causing GBH invites a maximum sentence of Life
imprisonment.
Given that the driver concerned was found guilty of 2 counts of this, and had previous convitions
for driving offences, I'd say that there is an argument for saying that the sentencing policy was
not followed in this case.
Anyone wishing to pursue this matter is welcome to reference this letter.
Peter.
You'll remember the Hull road-rage incident. If not, for its full horror click here.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2869009.stm
I wrote to my MP, who raised the matter with the Home Office. He got a reply from Lord Falconer,
Secretary of State at the Home Office. You can view it here
http://www.btinternet.com/~hazel_peter/cycling/home_office.htm
The gist of it is that sentencing policy for causing GBH invites a maximum sentence of Life
imprisonment.
Given that the driver concerned was found guilty of 2 counts of this, and had previous convitions
for driving offences, I'd say that there is an argument for saying that the sentencing policy was
not followed in this case.
Anyone wishing to pursue this matter is welcome to reference this letter.
Peter.