Nine years and four months for 3 lives

[jimharri]

Seems that's the going rate for killing three people while driving under the influence of nitrous oxide, at speeds of nearly 100mph...

Laughing gas 100mph crash driver jailed for killing friends

Friends Daniel Hancock, 18, Elliot Pullen, 17, and Ethan Goddard, 18, were killed in the crash.

www.bbc.com

Did he intend to kill them? No, almost definitely not. But he made a conscious decision to get behind the wheel while under the influence of "laughing gas". To me, that's a ludicrous sentence.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Thought this was going to be about the average mental age on here.

 

[kaz7]

The driver was using it whilst driving not just before , sentence is nowhere near enough

 

[citytill1die84]

3 year per child absolutely ridiculous.

 

[jimharri]

The driver was using it whilst driving not just before , sentence is nowhere near enough

Yep; him and the front seat passenger were caught on CCTV with bags or balloons over their nose and mouth while on the road.

 

[DiscoSteve]

the parents who bought him a BMW as his first car should serve time too I'm afraid! who in their right mind does that?

 

[jimharri]

3 year per child absolutely ridiculous.

Technically, it's nine years per victim, but the sentences are to run concurrently. So, yeah; in effect, what you said. Why they couldn't be consecutive sentences, which would be a more suitable sentence, is a mystery to me.

 

[Betterdeedthan red]

Seems that's the going rate for killing three people while driving under the influence of nitrous oxide, at speeds of nearly 100mph...

Laughing gas 100mph crash driver jailed for killing friends

Friends Daniel Hancock, 18, Elliot Pullen, 17, and Ethan Goddard, 18, were killed in the crash.

www.bbc.com

Did he intend to kill them? No, almost definitely not. But he made a conscious decision to get behind the wheel while under the influence of "laughing gas". To me, that's a ludicrous sentence.

Exactly.
The little twat is on film having laughing gas while driving.
What ever laughing gas is.

 

[jimharri]

It's always been a mystery to me, so hopefully there's someone on here with a legal career (solicitor, lawyer, judge, magistrate etc) who can explain; what purpose do concurrent sentences actually serve, apart from being on the person's record? I can't see the point of them.

 

[Betterdeedthan red]

the parents who bought him a BMW as his first car should serve time too I'm afraid! who in their right mind does that?

Would the car have made a difference?