Post #3583529
2026-07-04 15:12 UTC
This #Court case from #Wales #UK clearly shows the difference in #sentencing where a #vehicle is used as a weapon to deliberately injure or kill someone following an argument, as opposed to deaths/injuries caused by "normal" road traffic collision (charges are #murder and #GBH with intent rather than causing death / injury by dangerous driving)
#law #CriminalJustice #driving
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2026-07-03/19-year-old-who-took-nitrous-oxide-and-drove-into-woman-jailed-for-her-murder
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@vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de 2026-07-04 15:33
more detail on BBC #Wales news - alas, the dispute started following a music event in #Cardiff and a trivial argument. It seems relatively light minimum tariff is due to the defendant handing himself in the next day, an early guilty plea (but to manslaughter rather than murder, presumably in the hope of further reducing the #prison time) and the person killed not being the actual target Lad apparently had 0 #criminal record before doing this - British society *really* needs to do something about #ToxicMasculinity - it is regularly claiming lives and overwhelming the crminal justice system in what is an otherwise relatively safe and prosperous country.. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20y3vd50w1o