http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Mother and son jailed for lying about crash" en Mon, 01 Jun 2026 03:45:34 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13507#post-167198 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 09:50:22 +0000 kaputnik 167198@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Indeed it makes sense, but it could be seen as misplaced effort / priorities if offences where life/limb are threatened/injured/lost appear not to be getting equal treatment to "silk collar" crime </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13507#post-167174 Mon, 06 Oct 2014 19:37:29 +0000 PS 167174@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The justice system to a large extent depends on people giving evidence. If it allowed people to lie to it without fear of punishment it would be seriously undermined. Makes a lot of sense that it goes hard after perjury (or perverts of the course of justice). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13507#post-167152 Mon, 06 Oct 2014 14:15:47 +0000 I were right about that saddle 167152@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@kaputnik</p> <p>I was in the pool for the jury on this trial;</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-29082364" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-29082364</a></p> <p>The desire of the court to immolate the traitor in their midst was quite palpable. His gangster co-accused was just a criminal, but the individual who had betrayed the justice system and wasted their efforts...not much mercy in the air for him. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13507#post-167149 Mon, 06 Oct 2014 14:11:27 +0000 SRD 167149@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>human nature? </p> <p>7yo did something slightly naughty yesterday. i was more cross about her lying to me about it, and enlisting her small brother in said lie than about the actual thing that she did. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13507#post-167144 Mon, 06 Oct 2014 13:38:39 +0000 kaputnik 167144@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The law* seems very good at taking a dim view of those lying to it and wasting its time and in punishing them accordingly. Less so at those who may or may not have committed an offence at the helm of a motor vehicle.</p> <p>* not just "the Law" as in the Police, but the whole legal system. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13507#post-167038 Sat, 04 Oct 2014 12:18:12 +0000 gembo 167038@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Haven't looked for long time but comments used to run under the story, today they were in a side bar and I had to click a few times to open them. Just simply moving them away from underneath will bizarrely prevent me from ever opening them again unless mentioned on here but not actually quoted. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13507#post-167036 Sat, 04 Oct 2014 11:07:38 +0000 skotl 167036@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Comments very restrained but I like how you have to actually open them now which I never will again.</em></p> <p>How do you mean? They seem a little zappier than before but, functionally, it seems to work the same way as before? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13507#post-167033 Sat, 04 Oct 2014 10:34:36 +0000 gembo 167033@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Both sentenced to 120 days so they serve 60 plus the extra 28 days assuming they won't have the cash for the fine.</p> <p>So likely combined total of 148 days (74 each) which is an awful lot of money from tax payer</p> <p>Pour encourager les autres not to try anything like this</p> <p>Comments very restrained but I like how you have to actually open them now which I never will again. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13507#post-166993 Fri, 03 Oct 2014 17:01:00 +0000 skotl 166993@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It does seem an extraordinary amount of effort to conceal a minor bump. If they had simply paid for the damage (as offered by the other driver) then they would have gotten away with it.</p> <p>I'm with the first commenter on the story, though - at least the judge is happy to punish.</p> <p><em>Edit: the answer to chdot's question is, of course, "no"</em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13507#post-166992 Fri, 03 Oct 2014 16:55:04 +0000 chdot 166992@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/mother-and-son-jailed-for-lying-about-crash-1-3562108" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/mother-and-son-jailed-for-lying-about-crash-1-3562108</a></p> <p>More serious than actually injuring someone?? </p>