How Do Such Lowlife Manage To Get Legal Aid?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26880728

[Jomlett]

From the Telegraph..."Ministry of Justice lawyers fought against his case for three years, but they were finally forced to admit full liability at Durham County Court on Wednesday.
Sources close to the case say that the decision was made as legal costs were adding up.
The £4,500 adds to the £4 million legal aid bill Bellfield racked up trying to escape justice."

[bazwillrun]

Truly laughable.

[sir.prize]

Texas in America, has the right idea - a dose of pentobarbital.

[modeller]

Our legal system has been loaded in favour of the criminal for the past century.
That keeps criminals out of jail and makes lawyers rich. One thing the innocent rarely gets is justice.

[Old_Geezer]

Whilst it sticks in the craw it will be the case that getting attacked by other inmates was not part of the prescribed punishment, and it is therefore the authorities duty to ensure that doesn't occur. The payment would be for compensation for that failure. £4.5k for minor injuries seem way over the top though.

It is a pity that a slimeball actually benefits from this sort of thing though. Apart from society abandoning any adherence to duty I don't see a good alternative. Payments should be the minimum possible though, and maybe payments could be held in trust to prevent immediate benefit. I'd suggest passing it on to his victims, but that would just encourage attacks. The real solution is to ensure these attacks don't happen in the first place.

[anotheoldgit]

Old_Geezer

Solitary confinement would seem a good idea.

[Answerprancer]

Mr Git, Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.

[baza]

scumbag knows how to work the system, ok so he was hurt , give him a packet of Elasto-plast and solitary to keep him safe, any money should be paid to his victims families, not to his mum to rent a caravan in Kent.