SteveJay
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Lets hope so, and pray that no one else is injured when she next crashes.
Katie Price
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bobmac
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Not if I was the judge
Dig out the black cap!
bobmac
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I was knocked over as a kid by a drunk driver, I spent a week in hospital and almost lost an eye. Still have the scars.
So no sympathy from me.
Nor me. I spent 20 years scraping up the aftermath of carnage caused by the likes of Price.
For all my flippancy, the sentencing guidelines are both inadequate in the powers available, and often appallingly applied. She should be slopping out.
Foxholer
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That's probably why you are not a District Court Judge!
KP has 'previous' with this judge too, so her (KP's) habits are known. No doubt there will be conditions attached to the 'suspension' that, if broken, will mean actual jail time. I'm inclined to believe that - unless KP gets some proper help - there'll be jail time served.
Foxholer
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Just remember that it's the 'Justice' system, not the 'Revenge' system.
clubchamp98
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Tell that to the family of the person she kills in her next crash.!
She should be in jail.
Bunkermagnet
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Perhaps whatever car she has next, the drivers airbag is replaced by a set bear trap. She might be more inclined to be careful then
chrisd
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Funny that the protesters who blocked the motorways get jail terms for contempt of court (rightly so) but Price has effectively ignored court orders not to repeat her offences on several occasions and doesn't get put away?
That was always my gripe when disqualified drivers were put before a court for continuing to drive, merely to get another ban, sometimes multiple times. Used to drive me nuts.
Maybe it’s about time interlocks are fitted to all vehicles, even retrospectively. For those that don’t know what they are, you breathe into a tube which analyses your breath. If your alcohol content is too high, the car won’t start.
ColchesterFC
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My opinion is that the sentences for drink driving and causing death by dangerous driving aren't anywhere near harsh enough to act as a deterrent. A lad I was at school and college with got hammered one night and drove home despite already being banned from driving. On the way home he crossed into oncoming traffic while using his mobile phone and caused an accident which killed the driver of the car coming the other way. He got a sentence of 4 years and served two years before being released on license. Even double that would have been too lenient.
Foxholer
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I believe cases were in different Courts and, obviously, different offences and possibly, in KP's case, extenuating circumstances. There was also a serious amount of 'extra punishment' involved - (100 hours of unpaid work and 20 sessions of rehab withprobation). KP's case was in District Court. Insulate UK's Comtempt of Court cases were in the High Court. Contempt of Court is a somewhat peculiar/hybrid offence.
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chrisd
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Yes, I'm aware of the differences but drawing attention to the inequalities
PJ87
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Feel for the judge. Hands tied by a poor system
Must be infuriating
Must be infuriating
Baldy Bouncer
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Tashyboy
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Billy I love your posts to bits, But I think you are holding back a lot.
last year my Sis in law was killed by a driver. He had class A drugs in his system.But fortunately for him not over the limit. He had a drink after he left the golf club. He the drink/ drug driving under the limit person wiped out my sis in law, smashed up me bro and another.
This is where it gets interesting, the guy that killed my sis in law had money to spend on the best barristers. At magistrates and Crown court for the sentencing. His first advice was to plead guilty. It halved his sentence. He/ Barrister then stated it was not in the publics interest to include the injuries suffered to two injured motorcyclists to go alongside the death of a motorcyclist. It meant less charges. At the sentencing he put forward X number of letters of good character of this road killer. The CPS quite frankly was useless. The CPS has a phrase “ it is not in the publics interest“. The CPS does not serve the publics interest. Bottom line he killed someone and got a suspended sentence. A tag and community service. He is a primary school teacher. I could name the killer. I could go on and have a rant.But.
My point is, money buys you a better defence. Be it a killer or a woman who is famous for getting her tits out. The CPS is not fit for purpose and the prosecution system should be passed over to the police. The very people who have to deal with 99.9% of the very people who break the law.
Re law breakers. 99.9% of us do not break the law. And to that end the sentencing guidelines that are both inadequate under the powers that are available. Should be a lot tougher, in the sense that the punishment including custodial sentences should be part of the deterrent. They need massively updating and modernising
What shocks me re Katie Prices sentencing is she has been here before. Why her suspended sentence was not invoked before emphasises show antiquated our prosecution system is.
HomerJSimpson
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Do you think her disabled son would have had any influence or bearing?
Swango1980
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Hopefully not, I'm sure Dwight could take over care
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