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Reply To: Boys sentenced for trashing Stamford model railway show

August 20, 2019 at 5:44 pm #1428202

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My sentence would have been for the boys see their Xbox and games collections (along with any other “luxury” personal possessions) to be smashed to bits in front of them (so they would get to see what it felt like), with hopefully the Policeman involved giggling and laughing as he did so (as they did). Alas “tit for tat” justice is long gone now and that sentence was probably the best the Judge could do. I doubt a few years down the line those boys will never have to deal with any affects of their crime and we have heard about the parents, but not a lot from the defendants themselves (other than blaming it on drink, “exam stress” and wanting to have a bit of “fun”). If there hadn’t been a public reaction and donations if the Railway Club had been relying on the justice system to replace what was lost the £1500 (another yet to be sentenced, but he’s younger so it will be a lesser sentence) wouldn’t have been anywhere near replacing what was lost. So in effect, boys do criminal damage, pay a token amount. Victims of damage need to rely on public donations (so is this really “justice”?) to replace dmages.