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Author:  Amnesia10 [ Mon Sep 12, 2011 12:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Ex-Tory Lords Hanningfield and Taylor freed from jail

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14881229

Quote:
Ex-Conservative peers Lord Taylor of Warwick and Lord Hanningfield have been released early from jail sentences for fiddling parliamentary expenses.

Former Essex County Council leader Lord Hanningfield was jailed for nine months in July for falsely claiming almost £14,000 for overnight stays in London.

Lord Taylor was jailed for a year in May for fraudulently claiming £11,277.

It is understood they were freed on curfew with electronic tags, having served a quarter of their term.

The Prison Service does not comment on individual cases but a spokesman said home detention was used for "low-risk prisoners", serving sentences of between three months and four years, who had spent at least 30 days behind bars.

Both peers had said during their trials that submitting false claims was accepted practice among members of the Lords.

Anyone else think that they got off early?

Author:  Spreadie [ Mon Sep 12, 2011 12:45 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Ex-Tory Lords Hanningfield and Taylor freed from jail

They served a quarter of their sentence?

Good idea tagging them, that'll discourage them from fiddling the books!

No doubt we'll be fed the usual line of BS about making space in prison for 'real' criminals.

Author:  Amnesia10 [ Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:14 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Ex-Tory Lords Hanningfield and Taylor freed from jail

Spreadie wrote:
They served a quarter of their sentence?

Good idea tagging them, that'll discourage them from fiddling the books!

No doubt we'll be fed the usual line of BS about making space in prison for 'real' criminals.

Well lets see how long the Labour MP's do?

Author:  bobbdobbs [ Tue Sep 20, 2011 9:16 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Ex-Tory Lords Hanningfield and Taylor freed from jail

Amnesia10 wrote:
Spreadie wrote:
They served a quarter of their sentence?

Good idea tagging them, that'll discourage them from fiddling the books!

No doubt we'll be fed the usual line of BS about making space in prison for 'real' criminals.

Well lets see how long the Labour MP's do?

Ex-labour MP freed after serving a quarter of his sentence.

clicky

Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:47 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Ex-Tory Lords Hanningfield and Taylor freed from jail

bobbdobbs wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
Spreadie wrote:
They served a quarter of their sentence?

Good idea tagging them, that'll discourage them from fiddling the books!

No doubt we'll be fed the usual line of BS about making space in prison for 'real' criminals.

Well lets see how long the Labour MP's do?

Ex-labour MP freed after serving a quarter of his sentence.

clicky

Not surprising when they need to fill the gaols with rioters. They are not as feral as the rioters. I wonder if they will be out after a quarter of their sentence?

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