tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294928770519722820.post3285453639405334687..comments2024-03-08T14:35:24.649+00:00Comments on The Justice of the Peace Blog: DEATH BY DANGEROUS AND/OR CARELESS DRIVINGThe Justice of the Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05795957459681808206noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294928770519722820.post-20647839865362287142017-09-06T06:49:35.038+01:002017-09-06T06:49:35.038+01:00As a motorcyclist who follows similar cases with i...As a motorcyclist who follows similar cases with interest, I am surprised only by the fact that any custodial sentence at all was given, but not that it was suspended.<br /><br />Consider the case of Brian Hampton, the... man... who killed 16 year old moped rider Jade Clark. He ploughed straight into the back of her on an open stretch of road while being banned for drink-driving and having obtained insurance fraudulently (I personally have no doubt that he was three sheets to the wind at the time) . He then drove away from the scene, leaving Jade exposed to be struck by following traffic. Afterwards, he engaged in a very-nearly effective cover-up to hide the evidence of his crime.<br /><br />He continued to maintain his innocent ("I thought it was a pothole"), never apologised, never admitted responsibility, and then had the audacity to appeal the two year sentence that he received for the road traffic offences.<br /><br />So I find it hard to be in any way calm or reasonable about sentences involving powered two wheel traffic. Deep breaths, chap, one day we might be considered to be real boys and girls.Rogerborgnoreply@blogger.com