........... If you ain't gonna use them?
The maximum sentence for killing a person by dangerous driving is 14 years in prison. Quite what you have to do to get that sentence is beyond my comprehension - because here is a case which is hard to imagine could be any worse, yet the driver is sentenced to just 6 years, why?
Addil Haroon a 19 year old from Rochdale had no licence or insurance but somehow managed to hire an Audi A6 which he then drove from Leeds to Rochdale, 'Snapchatting' mates with a picture of his speedo showing 142mph and boasting "Leeds to Rochdale in 11 minutes - catch me!"
In the early hours of the following morning, Haroon, travelling with 'mates' at 80mph in a 30mph built up area, jumped a red light and sliced in two a car crossing the lights, killing the occupant, 25 year old, Joseph Brown-Lartey.
Members of the public apprehended the dazed occupants of Haroon's car as they tried to hail a cab to escape the scene. Mr Brown-Lartey was probably killed instantly and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police and paramedics described the crash as 'the worst incident they had ever attended' ..... Mr Brown Lartey's car at the scene:
So what the fuck do you have to do to get the full 14 years? - line people up like skittles and deliberately knock them down?
To my mind, if there was ever a case which warranted the full force of a maximum sentence, this is it - yet no - for some reason the law said 6 years - the family of Mr Brown-Lartey must be devastated. His girlfriend described her life as a nightmare she cannot wake up from.
Perhaps if we look closer we might find an answer to why such a lenient sentence was passed - we are talking Rochdale here.
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/n ... -1-7283745