www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-66986652
"David Docherty, 35, of Glasgow, doused six vehicles parked outside Kilmarnock prison with petrol, then sped off in a stolen car with false plates.
In a police chase after the cars were set alight, officers struggled to keep up with the Ford Mondeo as it raced along Stewartfield Road in East Kilbride, the A749 Glasgow Road, East Kilbride Road and Greenlees Road in Cambuslang.
The court heard it cut across lanes and went through red lights at up to 100mph (160km/h) as other drivers swerved to avoid collision.
Docherty rammed a police car then drove the wrong way down a dual carriageway in the face of oncoming traffic.
Docherty, who had 22 prior convictions included assault to severe injury and assault and robbery, was caught three days later after crashing another car, already having set fire to the Mondeo used in the previous chase."
Docherty was given a four-year sentence and banned from driving for six years.
Bwahahahahaha.....
Sentence is so light it makes you wonder if he's a Police informer.
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Banning him from driving is rather futile - he evidently has so little regard for reasonable laws that a ban is hardly likely to be a deterrent when he gets out is a couple of years.
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Out in 24 months!
There are rules in place for sentencing which vary over the UK.
In Scotland you have to be a recalcitrant or have sentenced to really serious charges to be put away. Guideline are nobody jailed for sentences that would be under 12 months. Also avoid jailing anybody under 23 unless really serious offences.
That said, a few years back, they jailed a 19 year old student for drunk driving + hit & run (minor injuries to victim) at local Young Offenders.
She committed suicide.
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Was surprised that finished with him getting a 4 year sentence!
I watch all these cop car shows and very very rarely do they get locked up down south, even if they have smashed up tens of thousands of pounds worth of police BMW.
Last week up here there was a court case. Twice a guy got bail after two separate stabbings. His third stabbing victim was treated as attempted murder and he finally got jail.
I would have the sheriff or whoever it was that gave bail the previous times up on charges of being an accomplice or something. They should be accountable for their decisions.
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“Jails must be full”
And indeed they are are. Many very old, exceeding their designed capacity and undermanned. If we want to lock up more people for longer we need to spend a lot more money on the prison service. I don’t hear anyone making a case
for that.
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>> I don’t hear anyone making a case for that.
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...well, Labour are....
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-steve-reed-prison-places-b2386109.html
(though whether they would deliver if push came to shove is another question)
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Why do we lock up so many of our citizens? Double the percentage of Germany and more thanFrance, Italy, Spain and any other comparable European country. UK doesn’t seem to have less crime than European mainland so perhaps we need to re-examine our policy.
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Prison population is a reaction to crime rather than a treatment for it.
Having a more adult view on drugs and the value of education would be a starting point but not one the Tories can countenance.
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Another "jails must be full" sentence? - Terry
