Flintoff Ban - right or wrong!

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Our hero was caught for the 4th time in 3 years speeding doing 87mph on The M6.

His solicitor pleaded 'exceptional hardship' on his family and also his charity work would suffer. He was fined a total of £445.

Must have a great solicitor and perhaps one rule for the rich and one for the rest!
 
Wrong and was wrong when Slur Alex was caught doing over a hundred and got away with because he said he needed the toilet. ( or words to that effect )
 
3offTheTee said:
Our hero was caught for the 4th time in 3 years speeding doing 87mph on The M6.

His solicitor pleaded 'exceptional hardship' on his family and also his charity work would suffer. He was fined a total of £445.

Must have a great solicitor and perhaps one rule for the rich and one for the rest!
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not sure what his charity work has to do with it, that's 17 MPH over the speed limit.

do the crime suffer the time and all that.


someone i know, 20 over the limit, banned he was a rep so lost his job....
 
Wrong totally wrong,............why have a law there in the first place for it to only get manipulated to help the rich n famous,i wouldnt expect it to happen coz youve broken the law but cant ever see the average person getting let off with this coz whats the difference from needing your car for work to earn money to needing it to do charity work whole system stinks........
 
as he is very well off he can hire a chauffeur for a year- This makes a mockery of the legal system as his previous 3 'captures' have had no effect at all, he obviously feels above it all.
 
Totally wrong and three previous convictions show he has no regard for the law or any sense of remorse or regret. Shows that money buys a great legal team... or did he plead povery and get it all on legal aid?
 
CMAC said:
as he is very well off he can hire a chauffeur for a year- This makes a mockery of the legal system as his previous 3 'captures' have had no effect at all, he obviously feels above it all.
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This is what winds me up most about this, he would only be up for a few months ban anyway and as he can afford a Bentley he can afford a bloody chauffeur.

This just stinks of one rule for the rich one for the rest of us again
 
freddielong said:
I think this could be the thread were no one argues and everyone agrees :whoo:
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Here comes the small spanner....!

A friend 10 years ago was in the same boat (see what I did there - pedalo...:p), minus the fame bit, and was let off as he pleaded that driving was fundamental to his income and business, despite having so many points and fines.
 
Piece said:
Here comes the small spanner....!

A friend 10 years ago was in the same boat (see what I did there - pedalo...:p), minus the fame bit, and was let off as he pleaded that driving was fundamental to his income and business, despite having so many points and fines.
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Mine wasn't speeding (nor was it drink related or text related!) but i pleaded income, work, lived in a rural place with no public transport etc etc etc... I was banned for 12 months and fined the equivalent of 2 months wages at the time.

There is one rule for them, and one for us.
 
Would not mind if it was fair for everyone, if everyone had a recourse to some compassion when your living is on the line. But there is obviously one rule for some, and another for the rest of us. Thought the bloke was brilliant on the cricket field, but cringe at the nonsense he has done since, travel progs and fake attempts at a pro career in boxing. Then the invetiable charity bandwagon. Has he done the ice bucket challenge yet? Is there a skip big enough ?
 
CMAC said:
as he is very well off he can hire a chauffeur for a year- This makes a mockery of the legal system as his previous 3 'captures' have had no effect at all, he obviously feels above it all.
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Totally agree. He has the cash to solve his problems. Mr Average could loose his job etc and, in today's climate, probably not have a big bank balance to ride the storm - that's exceptional hardship.

Judge must be a cricketer.
 
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