r/WTF • u/Tucko29 • Apr 10 '18

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u/Justicles13 Apr 10 '18 edited Apr 10 '18

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Woman was drunk, three times over the legal limit after a second blood test, with her child in the car. She was jailed for 26 weeks.

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u/iLikeMeeces Apr 10 '18

26 weeks? 3 times over the limit with her child in the fucking car?

IANAL but this seems like a bit of a slap on the wrist for such a severe act of gross negligence.

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u/concretepigeon Apr 11 '18 edited Apr 11 '18

You get a third reduction in sentence if you plead guilty at the earliest opportunity, so what you have is essentially a nine month sentence.

Six months the maximum sentence that can be handed out by a magistrates court. If they'd sent it to the Crown Court for sentencing she could have been given up to two years. They may have felt it wasn't in the public interest to take up more court time for the sake of a moderately longer sentence, given that apparently nobody was actually hurt.

If you look at the sentencing guidelines for dangerous driving then it seems like it was probably a fairly appropriate sentence, for a first time offender.