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Levenvale · 04-20-2007

Tbirdnz · 04-20-2007

It probably would be if he will do the actual 7 but he will probably be paroled after 2. They don't seem to serve anywhere near their sentencing these days.

They're in for a short holiday and out, it's a pity they did away with flogging.

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Wombat · 04-20-2007

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Anderson, who has never held a driving licence, also admitted perverting the course of justice, driving whilst disqualified, failing to stop and failing to report an accident.

He was banned from driving for ten years.

Is it just me that sees the irony in this?

What is the point of banning him from driving when not having a license didn't stop him from driving anyway.

doodledog · 04-20-2007

String the B**tard up, he intentionally killed someone who's family are now on a life sentence, he drove a stolen car knowing if he had an accident the victim would be left without course to help from real insurance, he had been drinking too, life sentence the git, as a minimum.

TonyD · 04-20-2007

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On 2007-04-20 15:40, Tbirdnz wrote:
It probably would be if he will do the actual 7 but he will probably be paroled after 2.

3.5 years (there's an automatic discount of 50% in most cases). Of course, he was charged, it seems, with causing death by careless driving rather than by dangerous driving (the latter carrying a far heavier sentence). Prosecutors, apparently, find it extraordinarily difficult to get juries to convict for dangerous driving. Since jurors cannot be questioned by anyone at any time about their reasons for reaching a decision, we can only speculate as to why that should be.

mglemans86 · 04-20-2007

Vehicular homicide, DIU, stolen car, no license, leaving the scene. Me thinks he should be in the fast lane to life plus or the hot seat. :???: :???:

brolane · 04-20-2007

I agree with Doodle, string him up. There are a few of us out here who don't steal cars, don't do drugs and try to drive and ride safely. Anyone who doesn't realize his responsibility of operating any motor vehicle is guilty of a serious crime. When that irresponsibility leads to a death, it should be treated as murder.

Whatever happened to the JUSTICE system?

Pardon my rant.

Tbirdnz · 04-20-2007

We've actually had a worse case than that this week here in an accident just north of Auckland in Dome Valley. A 16 year old youth stole a Mercedes and picked up a 39 year old hitchhiker and then crashed head-on into an incoming vehicle killing the driver, a family man who had a 4 year old son and severely injuring the passenger. The hitchhiker was also killed.

The youth has been sentenced to 9 months supervision, 3 months of which will be in a supervised residence and the other 6 months just being supervised. The youth had 43 previous convictions.

The wife of the killed driver says it is just a slap on the wrist. She's right, two people killed, one severely injured lady and an habitual offender basically gets let off just because he's 16. If he's old enough to kill he's old enough to be punished for it.

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DaveM · 04-20-2007

Tbirdnz,
that just makes me steaming mad to hear sucha thing.

In my opinion in such a case he should be executed by two shots from a .22 pistol while kneeling infront of his grave at point blank range the cover him up and be done with him.

that is what he deserves!

supervison my arse!

DaveM

kdrake · 04-20-2007

We had a conviction of murder with a no parole sentence here arising from a road rage incident. We have all seen these idiots, and maybe have been somewhat guilty of rage ourselves. You cannot replace a person in a family. Stolen car destroyed, DUI, leaving. Here you probably would get a lifetime ban on driving, but with the same caveat; didn't have a license to begin with. A select few can pull out their consular issued ID around here and the cops don't even bother with all the paper work.