Our thanks to David for this. The start of the piece:
A North-east mum-of-two who killed a pensioner after swerving onto the wrong side of the road has avoided jail – because a judge ruled it would interfere with her family life.
Anna-Marie Strachan, 29, from Fraserburgh, was convicted of causing the death of 73-year-old James Thomson by dangerous driving on the A90 near Rathen, on July 31, 2014.
Today at the High Court in Glasgow, judge Lady Stacey ordered Strachan to perform 300 hours unpaid work in the community and banned her from driving for eight years.
Defence counsel Gavin Anderson argued that it would be a breach of article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights to imprison Strachan.
Mr Anderson said: “A prison sentence would interfere with the private and family life not only of Mrs Strachan, but also her husband Derek and their two children.”
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Justice for Men & Boys 
Incredible. I’m surprised that the pensioner was not charged with dangerous walking.
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If this were a man who’d killed a young woman he’d have been banged up for seven years. On a similar theme, has anyone else noticed that when a man and woman appear in court on identical charges the man always receives a much more severe sentence than the woman? It ain’t just and it ain’t fair and it sure ain’t justice.
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Carl, from the article:
“Mr Thomson’s wife Frances, 71, and two young children in Strachan’s car and Strachan, who now walks with a stick, were all injured in the crash.
Strachan, who was driving a Peugeot 308, suddenly veered into the path of Mr Thomson’s car.”
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Carl, it is the gentleman’s justice system. If you, as a man believe women need perks and exemptions from difficult tasks in society for being ladies, so do the judges… This tradition /mind set needs to go if this injustice is to be corrected..
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-39581455
Meanwhile a man (51) is banged up for a facebook threat. I’m sure he shouldn’t have done it but even as a worker in care such threats are not uncommon. I can’t believe that all MPs don’t get a few such daft threats each year. I suspect had the MP been a male this would have been quite different.
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Yeah the bastard – hanging’s too good for ‘im. They should castrate the swine etc. etc. etc.
It would be laughable were it not so serious. One can do nothing but go on in the hope that at some not too distant point the somnolent masses are going to smell the coffee and rouse themselves. I’d like to think it is going to happen but I’m too old to believe in fairy tales.
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A North-east mum-of-two who killed a pensioner after swerving onto the wrong side of the road has avoided jail – because a judge ruled it would interfere with her family life … Defence counsel Gavin Anderson argued that it would be a breach of article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights to imprison Strachan.‘
What of Mr Thomson’s right to family life, and that of his grieving family?
Just what must a woman do to deserve any form of appropriate punishment?
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