@ruchillbhoy79@citizentommy tommy your post is a bit 'either way' :D clarification, even if obvious, is not unreasonable ;) (anyway look at the argument you caused lol)
@AudreySuffolk the judge was imported to make a political judgement, in order to further a specific agenda. the law needs to be the law, it operates by the acquiescence of the people, bound by its impartiality. when it becomes partial, in whatever way, it threatens both itself and the people
More information emerging about the conviction of Del Somerville (jailed for two years for throwing a plastic bottle and telling police officers to 'F**k off' at a protest against the small boats).
The court heard that Somerville had played a relatively minor role at the incident, had tried to pull another protester away when he confronted police, actually lived at the marina rather than travelled there for the purpose of protesting, and that the plastic bottle he threw was 'small' or 'empty'.
It's impossible, in the context of wider sentencing policy in this country, to avoid the conclusion that the sanction handed down to Somerville amounts to two-tier justice.