Coulson Got 18 Months

[sandyRoe]

Will there be a job waiting for him after his time spent in durance vile?

[sandyRoe]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28160626

[Jomlett]

Cameron might give him a 3rd chance.

[mikey4444]

My dictionary described "durance vile" as a very long prison sentence, unless you were being ironic sandy !

18 months isn't exactly a lifetime, and I expect he will be out within far less. Its unlikely that he will reapply for his job back at Tory HQ, or even with the Dirty Digger, as even he wouldn't touch Coulson with a bargepole.

But he will return in some form or another, of that you can be sure. We shall just have to keep a keen watch out for him, won't we !

[Jomlett]

Coulson has outstanding trials in England and Scotland, so he's got several months of G4S van travelling to look forward to!

[sandyRoe]

Mikey4444, an old lag might laugh at an 18 month sentence and tell the judge he could do it standing on his hands. But to someone from a privileged background, like Coulson, it would seem like a very long time.

[mikey4444]

Lets hope so sandy !

[mushroom25]

what's the betting he gets allocated to Ford?

what's the further betting he's regularly seen at lunch with the guv'nor at the black rabbit?

[Jomlett]

Coulson's going to Belmarsh apparently.

[youngmafbog]

Perhaps some need to get a perspective on this -
''plotting to intercept voicemails ''

Hardly the Brinx matt robbery or a mass murderer is he. He's got more than someone would get for mugging an old Granny for gawds sake.

[ChillDoubt]

Mikey4444, an old lag might laugh at an 18 month sentence and tell the judge he could do it standing on his hands. But to someone from a privileged background, like Coulson, it would seem like a very long time.
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How so? Far more likely he'll serve 9-10 months max, the majority of it in a holiday camp a.k.a. an open prison.
The sentence is frankly laughable. The charges involving allegations of bribing Police Officers will render a more substantial sentence IMHO, that is if he's found guilty at his retrial of course.
After all of DC's promises and Leveson the Dowlers must feel badly let down.

[Quizmonster]

As Jomlett suggested at 11.49 above, Coulson still has - as I understand it - a charge of perjury against him outstanding in Scotland. I can think of reasons why that crime might be seen as somewhat more important, as regards the law and fabric of British society, than "plotting to intercept voicemails.'' Does that charge just have to 'lie there' until he gets out after his current sentence?

[Peter Pedant]

My father after release in 1945 - that would be release from prison camp - said a year would be enough,
and the other four years were just more of the same ....

[Peter Pedant]

Perjury ?

judges may put up with child-murder or sex abuse
but really throw the furniture around with perjury.

Vicky Price got 24 months innit ?

[sandyRoe]

But perjury undermines the very foundations of the judicial system and so deserves condign punishment.

[Jomlett]

Coulson faces imminent perjury charges in Scotland connected to the trial of the former Scottish socialist politician Tommy Sheridan, where he denied being involved in, or aware of, any illegal activities, including phone hacking. He was questioned 3 years ago so expect to hear of a decision soon....

[Quizmonster]

My very point, PP and SR! So, do you know the answer to my question?

[Quizmonster]

Jomlett, Coulson attended a court hearing in Scotland in June last year, during which reporting of the case was originally forbidden but later rescinded. I've heard nothing since, though I suppose the recent English phone-hacking case has taken precedence.

[sandyRoe]

I don't know but it wouldn't seem fair if he was arrested at the end of his current sentence and made to stand trial for an alleged offence that was of its time.