Fun Prank? 6 Months In The Slammer......

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-merseyside-35699922
....was it worth it?

[anneasquith]

The slammer ( we in America today ) ? Should have been 2/3 years at least .

[douglas9401]

Lovable rogues eh?

I suppose technically he was off road for part of the jaunt.

[andy-hughes]

I would imagine he has got an immediate custodial, that this is not the first time he has encountered their worhships.

You always have to remember, we think before we do things, some people simply don't.

[Mamyalynne]

It was five years ago he took that ride through the shopping mall and got sentenced - he already had a chequered past.

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/revealed-criminal-past-scrambler-bike-10998328

[mushroom25]

maybe not in the same league but it would be good if someone (Network Rail, or Avanti, or John Lewis, maybe) could get a grip of the lycra-clad cyclo-nazis who regularly ride their bikes across the concourse at Birmingham New Street station. a collision with a head-down cyclist would give a pedestrian a bit of a nasty crack, but it looks as if it will take an accident to get anything done - the staff in the place just wave at the cyclists and say "awight!".......

[burlyshirley]

Moronic thug !

[Stickybottle]

Why did nobody clothesline him because I bloody well would have !

[Dagman]

Banned from driving too... doesn't have a license anyways so how does that work?

[Mamyalynne]

Perhaps most people don't go strolling round the shops with a length of rope to hand.

[Mamyalynne]

It means that if and when he gets/got a licence, ho couldn't drive on it for the duration of the ban.

[New Judge]

// Should have been 2/3 years at least .//

Unlikely. The maximum sentence for dangerous driving is two years. Since he pleaded guilty and is thus entitled to a one third discount, the maximum sentence would be 16 months.

Readers should bear in mind that as well as being released automatically at the halfway point of his sentence, Mr Kinsella will almost certainly qualify for "Home Detention Curfew". This means he will be released after completing one quarter of his sentence - so out in three months.

[New Judge]

//Banned from driving too... doesn't have a license anyways so how does that work?//

//It means that if and when he gets/got a licence, ho couldn't drive on it for the duration of the ban.//

No it doesn’t work like that. He was banned for three years, which means he cannot drive for three years from the date of his sentencing. Whether or not he holds a licence is immaterial. Not holding a licence and being disqualified from driving are two entirely different things. Driving without a licence attracts a maximum penalty of £1,000 fine; driving whilst disqualified attracts a maximum sentence of six months’ custody. Mr Kinsella’s ban will end three years from his sentencing date. It is not deferred until he gets a licence.

[jno]

years ago; he's probably in the cabinet now.

[Mamyalynne]

Apologies re the banning reply.

Yes after five years who knows what he's been up to since.

[William51]

Not it was not. For showing off in that irresponsible way he will now pay for it. Although i think three months would have been a sensible term.

[New Judge]

//Although i think three months would have been a sensible term.//

Then he would serve 28 days.

[Peter Pedant]

read the script - no licence no insurance as well as pranky

[New Judge]

//read the script - no licence no insurance as well as pranky//

Indeed Peter, but neither of those offences can attract a custodial sentence. It is very likely that the court ordered his licence to be endorsed with the offences, but with no separate penalty imposed.

[Khandro]

Is he any more of a danger to the public there than in say a Tesco's carpark?

[youngmafbog]

Well where he comes from I'm surprised the bike wasnt stolen!