Totally agree his actions required a punishment. Couldve killed an innocent by stander.
But 2 years in nick will ruin a bloke like thats life.
The pressure of what happened, the stress of being on bail etc wouldve been more than sufficient punishment for a guy like him. He shouldve got the community service and the suspended sentence and the two tramps taken off the street to do everyone a favour.
People have had enough. Police cant/wont do fuck all. Hear the guy round the corner that has had attempted vehicle thefts 7 times in 12 months? Thats sort of shit puts people over the edge
As I watched it unfold I knew he was going to be fucked. He showed no remorse or concern for the two scrotes condition from the moment the emergency services arrived or at anytime the programme continued. Nobody blames him for that as he was rightly annoyed with them but it's not a good look. He did however ask immediately if he would go to prison. He was also too forthcoming in his interviews. This is why the scrotes rightly always go no comment. Somebody with no dealings on how the system works will chat and chat hoping that the police will see what a decent person they are. They might but as he found out to his cost they're not his mates and deal in cold hard facts, as unfair as they might seem.
He must have had a shit barrister and come up against a jury and judge who side with the poor misunderstood criminal rather than a law abiding person plunged into a nightmare not of their own making. It's a once in a lifetime mistake for him, it's unlikely he'll ever come to the attention of the justice system ever again. He's lost his life savings fighting the case, his child that was terminated and his home as they have to move now, if they didn't already lose it due to him being in prison and unable to afford the upkeep. I hope his barrister appealed and got his sentence reduced but that wasn't mentioned in the programme so probably not.
That's it exactly. If people feel the police and justice system can't or won't protect them more people will feel they have to do it themselves. The fear needs putting back into the criminals and away from law abiding citizens