If you're facing court, you're not this stupid

[glenn forger]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-36435543

Lying hit-and-run driver jailed for cyclist's 'callous' death near Wallingford

 

[growingvegetables]

For four years and 1 month. Out in two?

Police said Dr Ruecroft might still be alive if she had stopped to help him.

 

[slowmotion]

Unbelievable.
How did she get nicked? She reported the car stolen, and then what? Kenneth Noye murdered another driver in a road rage accident and managed to get his Range Rover entirely "disappeared" by his pals before buggering off to Spain for a bit. I suppose Ms Sutton didn't have the nouse or the money.

 

[lutonloony]

It would be nice to think that she loses sleep every night over this, but I guess from her initial actions it won't happen

 

[Firestorm]

For four years and 1 month. Out in two?

35months and 14 months, they will probably be concurrent rather than consecutive, probably do no more than 18 months.
Does look like its the same person as the FB page found earlier in the thread.
In which case, she had only been driving for 2 years having taken 7 to pass here test (according to the FB post)

 

[Brandane]

What an utter POS..
She probably WILL be losing sleep while she convinces herself that she wouldn't be lying in prison "if only that cyclist had been wearing a helmet". Of course it had nothing to do with the fact that she was driving a car, badly, while pissed.
Edited as cross posted the concurrent/consecutive question with Firestorm.

 

[EltonFrog]

I'm pleased she didn't get away with it. It's a pity that one can't ask the Attorney general's office to review the sentence as being unduly lenient.

 

[Arjimlad]

Stupidly rubbish sentence as usual.

 

[EnPassant]

35months and 14 months, they will probably be concurrent rather than consecutive, probably do no more than 18 months.)

The first line from the bbc linky above says "A drink-driver who left a cyclist fatally injured and then reported her car stolen has been jailed for more than four years" so I'd assume consecutive.

However, further down it states: "She was twice over the prescribed alcohol limit at the time of the collision." (as opposed to proscribed) maybe the maths is no better than the spelling. Or perhaps there are some doctors with particularly questionable ethics in the Oxford area?
Tch tch, the BBC is slipping.

Whatever, it's not long enough in my view particularly given her despicable behaviour after the event. The maximum appears to be 14 years (http://www.cps.gov.uk/news/fact_sheets/dangerous_driving/), and she gets just under 3?
Difficult to speculate on what one would need to do to get closer to the maximum without getting emotive about it (which is somewhat hard to do in this case) racing whilst drunk perhaps? My imagination isn't up to the task beyond that. It does seem a long way below what she could have got.

 

[growingvegetables]

Reaction of the victim's brother and update on the petition to Gove

 

[Ajax Bay]

"She was twice over the prescribed alcohol limit at the time of the collision." (as opposed to proscribed) maybe the maths is no better than the spelling.

The limit is prescribed. Being over the limit is proscribed. So maybe their use of English is up to your high standard (even if you don't realise).

 

[EnPassant]

Thank goodness for that, the bbc is better than me after all. I did wonder after I hit post, but not enough to check

 

[hatler]

Whatever, it's not long enough in my view particularly given her despicable behaviour after the event. The maximum appears to be 14 years (http://www.cps.gov.uk/news/fact_sheets/dangerous_driving/), and she gets just under 3?
Difficult to speculate on what one would need to do to get closer to the maximum without getting emotive about it (which is somewhat hard to do in this case) racing whilst drunk perhaps? My imagination isn't up to the task beyond that. It does seem a long way below what she could have got.

But that's dangerous driving referred to there. She was convicted of causing death by careless driving (heaven help us).

 

[jefmcg]

But that's dangerous driving referred to there. She was convicted of causing death by careless driving (heaven help us).

Not according to the bbc

She was jailed for 35 months for causing death by dangerous driving and 14 months for perverting the course of justice. She was also disqualified from driving for eight years.

 

[EnPassant]

But that's dangerous driving referred to there. She was convicted of causing death by careless driving (heaven help us).

Well, unless I've managed to make 2 errors in one post (not even close to a record), I did check that: From the link above scroll to the bottom section regarding penalties and the penalty for "careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs" is the same maximum as dangerous driving.