So, Graham Travers admitted driving while drunk, driving without insurance, driving without a licence in someone else's car and killing two young women and permanently injuring another.
Yet Mrs Justice Anne Rafferty only sees fit to jail him for five and a half years and ban himfrom driving for five years.
The maximum sentence for the offence of causing death by dangerous driving is ten years.
This should be the starting point before considering any other offences. It should also take into account that two lives were lost.
Mr Travers should be serving 10-20 years and be banned from driving for life.
It seems the honourable judge has no regard for the feelings of the families who have to live with the loss of their loved ones for the rest of their lives.
If I were the father of Flo McCabe or Vicki Browne I would be feeling extremely disappointed, angryand disillusioned with the judgement of some of our legal "professionals".
I hope they are able to appeal against this lenient sentence.
-Simon J Bampton, Hove
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