Whose legal system?

[notnow john]

Leeds thug gets 4 months!!

The moron that attacked Chris KIrkland during the Wednesday Leeds game has been sentenced to

4 months In jail .

So he ran on to the field of play attacked a player and escaped back in to the crowd.

Boat race protestor jumped into the Thames hurts no one and got 6months.

Speaks volumes about our middle class judiciary!!!!

[Charl91]

Leeds thug gets 4 months!!

The moron that attacked Chris KIrkland during the Wednesday Leeds game has been sentenced to

4 months In jail .

So he ran on to the field of play attacked a player and escaped back in to the crowd.

Boat race protestor jumped into the Thames hurts no one and got 6months.

Speaks volumes about our middle class judiciary!!!!

Not really. I think the difference is that the race was being televised and had to be restarted, from what I'm aware.

[Captain...]

The boat race protester was an attention seeker, and his motivation was clear and calculated, the Leeds thug acted on impulse and on the spur of the moment, I don't know if that makes any difference, but pushing someone over, it wasn't really a punch, is not the greatest crime in the world, even if it is a millionaire footballer.

[Craig]

Both got the maximum that they could have got.

The Leeds fan pleaded guilty at his first opportunity in which case he was entitled to 1/3 'credit' off of his sentence. So instead of getting the full six months imprisonment he got four.

The boat-race protester was jailed after trial, entitled to no 'credit' and got 6 months imprisonment.

[Leicfox]

Not really. I think the difference is that the race was being televised and had to be restarted, from what I'm aware.

The match was also being televised and had to be stopped.

[Guest]

Try reading the sentencing remarks made by the Judge. You can find them very easily by using Google.

[David Guiza]

The difference is quite obvious, one is a public neucense offence, and the other assault. Yes 4months is a very small sentence, but if a person was jailed for a number of years every time they lashed out then prisons would be more overcrowded than they already are. As the above post said, the obita dictum says a lot about the reasoning behind the decision.