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    From Andy Burns@usenet@andyburns.uk to uk.legal.moderated on Fri May 29 18:24:38 2026
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    I don't /remember/ hearing cases where the person doing the aiding and abetting receives a higher sentence than the person committing the
    actual offence ...

    <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yrzy7gkdxo>

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  • From Alan Lee@alan@darkroom.plus.com to uk.legal.moderated on Fri May 29 19:17:19 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.legal.moderated

    On 29/05/2026 18:24, Andy Burns wrote:
    I don't /remember/ hearing cases where the person doing the aiding and abetting receives a higher sentence than the person committing the
    actual offence ...

    <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yrzy7gkdxo>
    (Driver causes death of man, passenger got a higher sentence)
    The Driver admitted guilt earlier in the proceedings, hence got a
    slightly lighter sentence.

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  • From Roger Hayter@roger@hayter.org to uk.legal.moderated on Fri May 29 19:04:35 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.legal.moderated

    On 29 May 2026 at 19:17:19 BST, "Alan Lee" <alan@darkroom.plus.com> wrote:

    On 29/05/2026 18:24, Andy Burns wrote:
    I don't /remember/ hearing cases where the person doing the aiding and
    abetting receives a higher sentence than the person committing the
    actual offence ...

    <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yrzy7gkdxo>
    (Driver causes death of man, passenger got a higher sentence)
    The Driver admitted guilt earlier in the proceedings, hence got a
    slightly lighter sentence.

    The passenger was also somewhat older than the driver so may have been
    regarded as having influenced him. I hope the sentencing remarks will be published, because it was an unusual sentence in many ways.
    --

    Roger Hayter

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