Jailed for stealing a £10 pair of jeans.....

[Groucho]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12353258

I think the sentence handed out here is ludicrous.   

[Denn Forever]

Tend to agree with Hardstation on this. She shouldnt be stealing and she told lies the whole way to the Court instead of admitting it. Whats she stealing jeans about? Ya play with fire ya get burnt end of story and before anyone starts about my car misdemenours i have paid for them!

She would have got a job as Irish Finance minister so.

[balladmaker]

I think the sentence handed out here is ludicrous.   

If it had been £10 worth of food, then I would be more likely to agree with you but jeans were hardly critical to her survival.  Tough.

It's the child I feel sorry for.

[saffron sam2]

Tend to agree with Hardstation on this. She shouldnt be stealing and she told lies the whole way to the Court instead of admitting it. Whats she stealing jeans about? Ya play with fire ya get burnt end of story and before anyone starts about my car misdemenours i have paid for them!

Hypocrite. The £10 is a whole lot less than you would have defrauded the exchequer of with your red diesel etc.

Punishment doesn't fit the crime here.

[thewobbler]

I really doubt that the punishment was related to this isolated case.

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

I really doubt that the punishment was related to this isolated case.

Its her first offence Wobbler. She has effectively been punished for electing for a Crown Court trial before a jury and Crown Court judge and therefore wasting taxpayers money. Its still a very very harsh sentence, would have been a £100 fine in most Magistrates Court

[Olly]

Forever in Blue Jeans.

[theskull1]

The original post suggested that the sentence was ludicrous. I don't think he needed anyone to tell him that what she done was wrong in the first place.

Heres something very relevant to this topic (considering the responses). Well worth 15 minutes of your life
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_on_our_buggy_moral_code.html


It was ludicrous

[nrico2006]

Very harsh considering there is people out there who physically hurt other individuals and avoid jail completely, or even kill someone and get a few months more.

[Banana Man]

she stole the jean from a 'supertramp' store - how apt

[Hereiam]

Not one bit sorry for her. She had plenty of chances to hand them back and didn't. As said before it the wee child u feel sorry for.

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

At the end of the day if everybody is sent to prison for a first time theft of £10, they may build 2 or 3 new prisons.

[Tony Baloney]

At the end of the day if everybody is sent to prison for a first time theft of £10, they may build 2 or 3 new prisons in Derry.

[Sandino]

She has had a tougher call than these two lads.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8367073.stm

A dirty dig at Strabane from someone from Fintona.

And Tyrone Girl you paid because you were caught.

[Groucho]

So for some on here, THEFT is OK, as long as it's from the Exchequer

There are far worse people before the courts.