Bradley Wernham - a one man crime wave - has finally been jailed. His five year sentence however, is a joke as he will be most unlucky if he serves even approaching two years.Leaving that aside for the moment, let us congratulate 'hanging judge' Christopher Ball for his bravery in letting Wernham go free a short while ago after a million pounds of burglaries - none of which he is expected to give back to either victims or insurers - and a mere 688 crimes.
Still the toe-rag offends which finally results in the derisory prison term mentioned.
(Perhaps sending him down truly is a disaster.
He will now be mixing with criminals in 'a university of crime'! AND this when he is clearly so close to reform, too.)
'Wernham gave some indication of the level of his readiness to reform with a bragging message posted on his Facebook page last night.
The badly spelt message - sent six hours after he was jailed - read: 'Be out in 18 months or before.. Yeeh is guna ride this s**t'.'
So. What should have happened?
Well, his crimes have not been punished because of 'sentencing totality' which means an 'overview is taken' instead of 'cumulative sentencing'.
I do hope that nobody feels that these crimes which, individually would have carried about 2,000 years of imprisonment, have not received a 'let the punishment fit the crime' outcome.
What I would like to point out is that this low life has caused misery for THOUSANDS of people and the treatment he has received is nothing less than encouragement for others to act in similar, undeterred fashion.
He should have got fifteen years originally - and having come back - I would have made it 20.
He has forfeited all rights to share a society with decent people.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1300245/Burglar-broke-700-homes-FINALLY-locked-up.html#ixzz0vhpykp2i
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1301132/PETER-HITCHENS-Halfwitted-leniency-failed--Mr-Injustice-Ball-thinks-s-right.html
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