Suspended sentence for drunken Rossendale mugger (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Suspended sentence for drunken Rossendale mugger
12:20pm Tuesday 1st March 2011 in Crawshawbooth By Wendy Barlow, Court reporter
A DRUNKEN teenager who mugged a man at a Rawtenstall cash point has walked free from court.
Burnley Crown Court heard how Jack Sparks, 18, punched victim Jonathan Cain, 23, as he was putting his card into the machine on a Friday night.
He then tried to take the card or get money by pressing the buttons on the machine.
Sparks, who had 10 previous convictions, said his actions had been an ‘alcohol-fuelled moment of madness’.
He had written a letter to his victim expressing his remorse and stating that he had never regretted anything as much as what he had done that night.
The defendant, of Hill Street, Crawshawbooth, admitted robbery, last August.
He was given six months in a young offenders' institution, suspended for 18 months, with 12 months supervision.
For Sparks, Jonathan Dickinson said the offence was out of character.
Comments(11)
d146895x
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12:26pm Tue 1 Mar 11
Soft on crime, yet again.
Abu Qurfan
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12:33pm Tue 1 Mar 11
midas
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12:35pm Tue 1 Mar 11
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He has a suspended custodial sentence, which given his track record, will probably be activated at some stage in the next 12 months!
rovergeoff
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12:49pm Tue 1 Mar 11
happycyclist
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5:30pm Tue 1 Mar 11
How is it that LT readers can notice that "out of character" doesn't fit the profile of someone with 10 previous convictions, yet a judge can't?
jamesmcuk
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5:53pm Tue 1 Mar 11
working chap
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6:21pm Tue 1 Mar 11
ste.g
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6:40pm Tue 1 Mar 11
happycyclist wrote:my thoughts exactly
Was this Beverley Lunt again?
How is it that LT readers can notice that "out of character" doesn't fit the profile of someone with 10 previous convictions, yet a judge can't?
useyourhead
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9:15pm Tue 1 Mar 11
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then the judges can give sentences that they can be proud of!
happycyclist
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9:08am Wed 2 Mar 11
It's not senior police officers the public should be allowed to elect in and out of office, but judges.
The police deliver a much more satisfactory service to the public than the judiciary does.
Jimmy Paterson says...
12:25pm Tue 1 Mar 11
The guy he robbed must have been thrilled to get a letter off him - an absolute joke