Photo shows the Scales of Justice on top of the Old Bailey, London. Our letter writer is questioning the fairness of different sentences
It seems odd to me that a German lady extradited back to this country for stealing a vase worth nearly a million pounds and £50k from a friend of hers can get 3.5 years yet an illegal immigrant who killed a pedestrian after jumping a red light only got two years.
Surely a human life is worth more than a vase? But in this country of ours apparently not.
Dave Matthewman,
Green Lane,
Acomb
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