Driver gets 12 years

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Today Judge Bam sentenced a mechanical engineer to 12 years imprisonment for killing 5 joggers. The accused was driving under the influence of alcohol when the incident occured. Not all will agree with the sentence, but let that be a wake up call to those who drink and drive. That one extra beer may be one too many.....

[NotSoBigBen]

https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/133754-jogger-murder-accused-to-hear-his-fate-today/page__st__32?do=findComment&comment=2159836

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Seen it. Try to merge..?

[NotSoBigBen]

Seen it. Try to merge..?

 

No worries, just maybe a mod will come along .....

[rattlesnake]

Great news. About time. Drinking and driving is a criminal offense. And in his case it led to 5 deaths. Hopefully a precedent is set here.

[Pusher]

Today Judge Bam sentenced a mechanical engineer to 12 years imprisonment for killing 5 joggers. The accused was driving under the influence of alcohol when the incident occured. Not all will agree with the sentence, but let that be a wake up call to those who drink and drive. That one extra beer may be one too many.....

I agree that the sentence is too short relative to the death of 5 joggers but it's better than nothing. All to often people are getting off because of the overcrowded courts and very poor police investigation.

[Skylark]

Yay!! 12yrs inside is no walk in the park, though I can see him being released in under 5yrs

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Thing is that sentencing is a very subjective issue. In this instance the accused' guilt lay in his negligence. It is actually so easy to be negligent when driving - the threshold is very low and the test is that of a reasonable man.

Good example is the disparity with, for instance, the sentence the Waterkloof 4 got - (think around 8 yrs?)and that was for murder which imply an intentional act.

12 years do seem light for the death of 5 people but if it was me - 1year in our prisons would kill me.