Is This Right To Give A Prison Sentence To Run Concurrently With One Already .....

[ladybirder]

being served for a previous crime? From the link:

>> Samad Uddin is already currently serving a 32-month sentence for possession with intent to supply and money laundering, which he was jailed for in January. The judge told him the GBH sentence would run concurrently.

[ladybirder]

I put link on my OP but for some reason it isn't showing so I'll try again.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2936748/40-kicks-punches-30-seconds-Thugs-jailed-15-years-battering-American-student-badly-left-post-traumatic-stress.html

[DaisyNonna]

What is the point of a sentence that is served concurrently? Saving money ?

[ToraToraTora]

No, they should not have concurrent sentencing full stop. Ridiculous notion.

[Canary42]

Quite rare, but I agree with TTT, concurrent is pointless.

[ToraToraTora]

someone pass the smelling salts!

[ladybirder]

Not a notion though is it, it's a fact.

And they're not even linked db! You're right, it is a legal BOGOF. My ghast is flabbered! This cannot be right and it makes me wonder how often it happens.

Daisy, I wonder too, so wrong if it is.

[ladybirder]

Do you know that it is quite rare Canary because I hope you're right.

[DaisyNonna]

Quite rare when it is often reported in the papers?

[Daffy6543]

I have always been baffled by concurrent sentencing. It's almost like letting the offender off in my opinion. I know they still have the conviction, but they have not really been punished for their crimes.

[ladybirder]

Not for totally separate crimes though Daisy??

[ladybirder]

He was one of the ringleaders as well.

[naomi24]

In cases like this I really wish they would just throw away the key.

[ladybirder]

Yes, it probably passed as a good evening's entertainment for them Naomi.

I honestly didn't realise that the judge could do what he has done here, i.e. run the current sentence concurrently with a previous one for a different crime. Wish NJ was about.

[tonyav]

US student was kicked and punched 40 times in 30 seconds by London thugs three days after he arrived in Britain because he 'wasn't local

I see the perpetrators of this nasty crime have all got traditional East end names !.

[ladybirder]

You might say that Tony, I couldn't possibly comment:-)

[tonyav]

;-)

[FrizzyFred]

Ridiculous, it should be added on to the end of the sentence not included in the time already served.

It's like if you buy a house, you don't get a car for free because you already spent money for something else.

[ladybirder]

Thanks for your reply Frizzy and welcome to AB.
I see tacking time to be served onto a previous conviction for a completely different crime as a travesty of justice. Shouldn't be allowed in my opinion.

[jno]

you could try asking the same question in law and see if anyone knows. It strikes me as unusual but there may be a reason.