Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Blair's ASBO sytem well out of hand - the corrupt gain, the rest suffer
An 81-year-old woman, once described by a judge as "the original neighbour from hell", was jailed for six months today. The defense stated that the source of Evans' dispute was flooding at her home in Park Crescent which was kept under control by constant pumping operations. This prevented her from selling her home, he said, and she blamed this on whoever was living next door.
It seems plausible that a confused elderly lady, who had clearly been told many lies, could reasonably be expected to act in the way that she did and that the water company who could presumably sweeten the courts with bribes, was the real offender. Much easier to send an old lady to jail than to expect a water company to meet its obligations.
IMO: It is what we have come to expect in the UK, the corrupt benefit and the rest go to the wall regardless.
[others say: 6 months for a poor old lady in an obviously decrepit state, (even from the prosecution evidence itself where she seems to imagine witchcraft), is most unfair].
It seems plausible that a confused elderly lady, who had clearly been told many lies, could reasonably be expected to act in the way that she did and that the water company who could presumably sweeten the courts with bribes, was the real offender. Much easier to send an old lady to jail than to expect a water company to meet its obligations.
IMO: It is what we have come to expect in the UK, the corrupt benefit and the rest go to the wall regardless.
[others say: 6 months for a poor old lady in an obviously decrepit state, (even from the prosecution evidence itself where she seems to imagine witchcraft), is most unfair].
# posted by uv : 11:26 AM
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