One Law for Chavs and Another for Toffs

[cronus]

http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/Drink ... story.html

Drink-driving Lord with face smothered in boot polish hit lamppost in Grimsby

THE "Lord" son of the Earl of Yarborough was pulled over by police in Grimsby, nearly three times the legal drink-drive limit with his face smeared in boot polish.

A court has heard how a police officer caught Lord George Worsley, 24, swerving from side to side with no lights along the A180 towards Riby Square.

After being pursued by the on-duty officer, Worsley came to a halt when he collided with a lamppost in Cleethorpe Road.

The defendant, whose face appeared to be covered in boot polish, told the officer: "I do feel I have been rather foolish."

(continued, guy is likely a notorious jewel thief too but I digress...)

[L'Emmerdeur]

I'm no cheerleader for upper class twits, but where is the discrepancy between the sentence given to Worsley and that which might be given to a chav? When I did a search of "drink-driving chav" I found a story about Michael Carroll, a self-described chav, who received a similar sentence for a similar offense.

"I ask you to impose a heavy fine rather than a community order because he sees the real punishment as the conviction."

However, deputy district judge David Purcell dismissed the request, by issuing a 12-month community order, which will see Worsley complete 120 hours of unpaid work.

He was also disqualified from driving for 28 months and ordered to pay £85 costs, a £60 victims' surcharge and £150 criminal costs.

Carroll, who was convicted of drink-driving in 2001 and banned from driving for 18 months, pleaded guilty to drink-driving at an earlier hearing.

Magistrates disqualified Carroll from driving for 36 months but told him if he completes a drink-drive rehabilitation course by September 2012 he can have his licence back in November 2012.

The former binman was given a 16- week prison sentence that was suspended for 12 months and ordered to carry out 120 hours of unpaid work in his community.

[cronus]

Not much difference between a totally life disrupting one and half year prison sentence for the man of limited means and a community order for the fifty million quid geezer....good point otherwise.

[cronus]

sorry that's ninety million quid...my mistake.

[L'Emmerdeur]

Not much difference between a totally life disrupting one and half year prison sentence for the man of limited means and a community order for the fifty million quid geezer....good point otherwise.

The chav had a previous conviction. The sentence was for 16 weeks (not a year and a half), and it was suspended. In case you don't understand what that means, let me explain: The convicted individual does not serve any time in the hoosegow unless he or she perpetrates a further violation, or fails to comply with some order of the judge (source).

You have still failed to show how the sentence the upper class twit received was in any way extraordinarily lenient.

[cronus]

Not much difference between a totally life disrupting one and half year prison sentence for the man of limited means and a community order for the fifty million quid geezer....good point otherwise.

The chav had a previous conviction. The sentence was for 16 weeks (not a year and a half), and it was suspended. In case you don't understand what that means, let me explain: The convicted individual does not serve any time in the hoosegow unless he or she perpetrates a further violation, or fails to comply with some order of the judge (source).

You have still failed to show how the sentence the upper class twit received was in any way extraordinarily lenient.

The point is the toff got more money than me. That is what riles me.

[L'Emmerdeur]

Not much difference between a totally life disrupting one and half year prison sentence for the man of limited means and a community order for the fifty million quid geezer....good point otherwise.

The chav had a previous conviction. The sentence was for 16 weeks (not a year and a half), and it was suspended. In case you don't understand what that means, let me explain: The convicted individual does not serve any time in the hoosegow unless he or she perpetrates a further violation, or fails to comply with some order of the judge (source).

You have still failed to show how the sentence the upper class twit received was in any way extraordinarily lenient.

The point is the toff got more money than me. That is what riles me.

Fair enough, and I'm with you on that.

[laklak]

Ah, the politics of envy. Look! Achmed has TWO goats! BURN HIM!!!!!!

[cronus]

Ah, the politics of envy. Look! Achmed has TWO goats! BURN HIM!!!!!!

Wouldn't go that far. Some folks spend their lives in sobre misery to achieve only one goat. Not all envy. Some righteous indignation that fools can be born lucky. Whilst wiser souls work damn hard to achieve only half what is given a fool at birth.

[cronus]

Basically a advocate for a meritocracy. If that means taking undeserved wealth off inheriting types and giving it to those who are smart but no luck at the start. It ain't socialism, merely righteous theft.

[laklak]

It's all good till they decide "rich" means having two cans of Happy Shopper beans in the pantry.

[Brian Peacock]

Luxury!

[JimC]

Ah, the politics of envy. Look! Achmed has TWO goats! BURN HIM!!!!!!

No, fuck one of them and roast the other...