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\"Victoria<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

You couldn\u2019t make this up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regular readers will know that I don\u2019t hold back on telling it like it is. I don\u2019t give damn that the trend is towards making it a crime to tell the truth if the truth involves women or those from minority groups having done something wrong. The truth is the truth, regardless of sex or ethnic origin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This BBC article reports that Victoria Parry, 30, was three times over the drink-drive limit<\/a> when she smashed into three other cars and careered down an embankment, where her car burst into flames. She\u2019d drunk a bottle of wine. In court, she admitted to dangerous driving<\/strong> – a serious offence which carries an unlimited fine and up to 14 years in prison. To make matters worse, Parry has two previous drink-drive convictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, if Parry had been a man, he would have been starting a long prison sentence right now. He\u2019d have been fined a lot of money. And he might even have been put on the sex-offenders\u2019 register just as a precaution.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Sarah<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Parry\u2019s case was different, though. You see, both she and the Judge were women. As a result, she was not handed down a prison sentence – which would have been absolutely guaranteed if she were a man. In the Judge\u2019s precise words:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If Miss Parry was a man, there is no question it would have been straight down the stairs, because this is a shocking case of dangerous driving against a background of two previous convictions for excess alcohol.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The BBC article makes no mention of fines or bans, either, and I can\u2019t find any mention in reports from other sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Naturally, the mitigating circumstances – which also came from a woman – Parry\u2019s lawyer, Lucy Tapper, pin the blame firmly on men. Parry is apparently an irresponsible pisshead because of being in an abusive relationship, so it\u2019s clearly the fault of men that she has three drink-drive convictions (now) and is lucky she hasn\u2019t killed someone. To be fair, there is no mention of who the \u201crelationship\u201d was with, and I might have got that particular anti-male assessment wrong. Tapper whined:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There is deep and genuine regret on her part.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

You forgot to mention that that regret extends across three<\/strong> convictions, now, Lucy. You missed a trick to lay it on even thicker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parry and the Judge, Sarah Buckingham, should both be in prison. Parry for being the serial drink-driver that she is, and the Judge for utter contempt of what remains of our legal system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case has been referred to the judicial watchdog. Although she probably won’t be, Buckingham should be looking at applying for shelf-stacking jobs at Tesco, where she can do less harm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n