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from a neighbour,that a bloke in our area has just been caught 1,drug driving 2.not pulling over when police requested he do. 3.crashing the car in a police chase. 4.running away from scene of accident. 5.having not passed his test. 6.no insurance. neighbour spoke to his mum,[hes 28 by the way] and she said his solicitor says he wont go to prison for it. do you think this could be true.????????? xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxjoy

Yes...very true...If he had robbed a bank...he would have got life !!!

Knowing the justice system in this country, I'd say yes, it could be true !! On the other hand she could just be saying that - how would she know at this early stage whether or not he will go to prison. I hope he does though. Stella

Nope, he won't. Points on his licence, prob disqualified for a year and maybe a fine..........but no prison. Prisons are overflowing again since Tony Blair brought in a lot of new laws and measures...........so more out than in.....was going to make political statement but I don't do political debate.....ooo....was that a flying pig???. Nanna-Moo-G :))))))

nanna you go for it,lol.i cant believe he could possibly get away with it,but his mum says the solicitor has told him,gggggggggrrrrrrrrr.there were 2 others in the car and he left em,they spent 2 days in hostpital.xxxxxxxxxxxxx

no wonder we have to put up with yobs and then all they give them is asbo orders.7 weeks ago my mum got burgled,shes 83 years old,they took her bit of savings,and its made her really forgetfull,like its shocked her system. for now the police cant do anything,but i hope they find em before we do.as prison would be there safest place.xxxxxx

oh dear oh dear just no justice is there kids of today have it to good . Joy i do hope you get the *******s that did that to your poor mum there are some really sick people about . big ((((((hugs )))))) for your mum Rosex

thanks rosie,its just so sad they pick on the elderly,shes 83.xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Its not on is it and the general public wonder why in some pockets of the country we have vigilante groups. Now I am not saying this is right BUT when i first came to N.Ireland there was a case reported in the paper not disimilar to yours Joy and he got off scott free ....... so he thought........ the paramilitry groups got together to show this lad and others that he could not and will not get away with it........they crucified him LITERALLY to a cross upside down , a lesson to all.............. guess what it hasn't happened since in that neck of the woods and it was a regular occurance for quite a while!!

anything is possible these days. we were burgled two years ago. The culprit was caught. He was an escaped convict. He had simply walked our of an open prison. What really frightened me was he was serving nine years for GBH!!

Hi Joy All I can say to this one is that in my 20 odd years in the Met , I dealt with many such cases ...... the results .... depended mainly on whether the subjects lawyers took it to Crown court or allowed it to be heard at magistrates court. Crown court of course meant a jury ..... and a stiffer sentence if found guilty... so it was a gamble on the part of the defendant ... take it to mags court ... perhaps get found guilty and get 3 months OR take it to Crown court and get a jury ... who might find you innocent or might find you guilty and the judge gives you a year. Mike

In this day and age nothing surprises me anymore. Germaine x

thanks for everyones replies,bless ya. blue i kept thinking........who do i know who could possibly give an answer ish,as no-one can give a definate,er doh what am i like.thanks for your input ,thing is this person aint a young lad hes 28 can you believe.i have a relly whose a prison officer,and he says the trouble is the prisons are full.so why dont we build more,dear god it dont take a alot to figure it out,blooming government.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxhugs joy