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Another Car Driver Gets A Low Sentence After Causing A Death
Another case of a terrible driver causing a death and getting a fairly low sentence.
This inconsiderate *** was driving on a motorway using his phone, and crashed in to a back of a queue of traffic killing a woman.
Some "accidents" you can say are perhaps just that, but this driver had total disregard for other road users and was prepared to put every other driver on the road around him at risk.
He should have got the maximum, which I believe is 10 years.
http:// www.bbc .co.uk/ news/uk -englan d-notti nghamsh ire-356 13918
This inconsiderate *** was driving on a motorway using his phone, and crashed in to a back of a queue of traffic killing a woman.
Some "accidents" you can say are perhaps just that, but this driver had total disregard for other road users and was prepared to put every other driver on the road around him at risk.
He should have got the maximum, which I believe is 10 years.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The maximum can only be given for the very worst cases where the accused pleads not guilty but is found guilty after a trial. He got 4 years which is near the maximum under the circumstances. He pleaded guilty which means an automatic reduction of 1/3rd of the sentence given, so 6 years 9 months is the maximum possible sentence.
I personally know a man who swerved, mounted the pavement and killed 2 people, a 3 year old girl and her Mother , he then ran away and tried to pretend that he was not driving the car. He still only got 5 years (and was out in 2! ) This case is a lot less serious than that one yet he got 4 years !
I personally know a man who swerved, mounted the pavement and killed 2 people, a 3 year old girl and her Mother , he then ran away and tried to pretend that he was not driving the car. He still only got 5 years (and was out in 2! ) This case is a lot less serious than that one yet he got 4 years !
Yes Eddie has it about right.
The maximum was raised from 10 years to 14 years in 2004, VHG.
When looking at the sentencing guidelines this offence probably falls into the middle category seriousness for the offence (“driving that created a substantial risk of danger”). You can have a look here:
http:// www.cps .gov.uk /legal/ s_to_u/ sentenc ing_man ual/dea th_by_d angerou s_drivi ng/
The “starting point” when considering sentence is 5 years custody and the recommended sentencing range is 4 to 7 years. Bearing in mind Mr Munce pleaded guilty (and was so entitled to a one third reduction in his sentence) his pre-discount sentence was six years, which seems to fit the guidelines nicely.
The "needlessly distracted" remark is not very well made. What I think the report means is that he was distracted needlessly by his own actions (i.e. farting about with a phone when he should have been concentrating fully on driving).
The maximum was raised from 10 years to 14 years in 2004, VHG.
When looking at the sentencing guidelines this offence probably falls into the middle category seriousness for the offence (“driving that created a substantial risk of danger”). You can have a look here:
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The “starting point” when considering sentence is 5 years custody and the recommended sentencing range is 4 to 7 years. Bearing in mind Mr Munce pleaded guilty (and was so entitled to a one third reduction in his sentence) his pre-discount sentence was six years, which seems to fit the guidelines nicely.
The "needlessly distracted" remark is not very well made. What I think the report means is that he was distracted needlessly by his own actions (i.e. farting about with a phone when he should have been concentrating fully on driving).
http:// www.dai lymail. co.uk/n ews/art icle-34 56066/V an-driv er-usin g-TWO-m obile-p hones-m oments- smashed -car-ki lling-m other-t wo-way- funeral -jailed .html
not one but two devices....low sentence is an understatement
not one but two devices....low sentence is an understatement
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