Evening Press Reader's Letter
In the Evening Press of December 1, it was reported that burglars convicted of three crimes could expect a sentence of about 19 months, but the Home Secretary announced that as from December 1 they would face a minimum of three years in jail.
On page one of the same edition, it was reported that a man convicted of 25 burglaries last summer, netting him £30,000 worth of property, was given two years' probation by York Crown Court.
What encouragement does a sentence like that give to the police to make arrests? I read somewhere that they had to fill in 41 forms to get an offender to court.
No doubt had the York offender been a few years younger the 'do-gooders' would have recommended he be awarded a Caribbean holiday or a Kenya safari!
Lee Graham,
The Pastures,
Carlton,
Goole.
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