{"id":14920,"date":"2014-02-10T22:57:59","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T22:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=14920"},"modified":"2023-02-05T02:45:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T02:45:30","slug":"uk-law-demonstrates-its-stupidity-yet-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=14920","title":{"rendered":"UK Law Demonstrates Its Stupidity Yet Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Belper News reports that Gareth Warne<\/a>, 32, was banned for 12 months last October for drink-driving. He was then spotted driving a BMW by police, who confirmed he was a banned driver. That means he was also driving without insurance. He pleaded guilty to both charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His defence was obviously completely out of ideas and offered the following pathetic mitigation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2026the former groundsman committed the offence when he had expected a lift to work but had been let down.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This was enough to fool the magistrates, who gave Warne a paltry 12 week prison sentence \u2013 and suspended it for 12 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warne should have been put away for long enough for his stupidity to sink in. As it is, the extant stupidity of the magistrates is almost no punishment at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n