I'm quite surprised they both got the same.
As technically it's the same crime and he pleaded guilty and she didn't, and the judge didn't buy the marital coercion bollocks. So I would have thought she should have got longer.

I'm not going to lose the tiniest bit of sleep over it, mind.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 17:34, 1 reply, 13 years ago)

I reckon sentencing follows the same logical rules as RF engineering.
I.e. absolutely no fucking logical rules whatsoever.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 17:38, Reply)

True dat.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 17:42, Reply)

Judge said he gave C Huhne a reduction for pleading guilty too
So the 'marital coercion' must've been taken into account.
But, what kind of an arrogant bellend do you have to be to leave your wife knowing she's got a nuke in her back pocket that could use to ruin your career?
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 17:43, Reply)

Maybe she was such a monumental pain in the arse that it was worth it

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 17:45, Reply)

I hope it's worth the other pain in the arse he's going to get in prison.

( Kroney, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 17:47, Reply)

Sounds like he might only do a couple of nights before getting moved to an open nick.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 17:49, Reply)

Marital coercion is a defence.
It's not a mitigating factor. If he believes it was the case she should have been found not guilty. As far as I am aware.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 17:52, Reply)