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Thursday 26 July 2007

Punishment?

Take a look at this BBC article and wonder at the level of punishment.

"Shazad Akhtar, 34, of Bolton Street, was sentenced to 200 hours of community
service and ordered to pay £500 costs after pleading guilty to 22 counts of
obtaining and attempting to obtain driving licences by deception.
Mushtaq Ahmed, 37, of Roundthorn Road, was fined £200 for obtaining a
driving licence by deception."

But "The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) says impostors charge up to £500 and
can have taken more than 200 tests each."

So Shazad Akhtar accrued, let's say at only £250 per time not £500, £5,500 and was given 200 hours of community service (I wonder how much he will actually do) and ordered to pay £500 costs. Meanwhile Mushtaq Ahmed is fined just £200 for at least one offence.

Crime doesn't pay?

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