THERE are two court cases in today’s Examiner that leave something of a question mark hanging over British justice.
The first is that of Karen Luke who systematically abused her position of trust in the New Street Post Office in Huddersfield town centre to steal thousands of pounds from some of the most vulnerable people in society.
She worked at the disabled person’s counter but instead of caring for their special needs fleeced them by getting them to put in their card details for a second time – money she then pocketed.
She was given 250 hours of unpaid community work as a direct alternative to jail but what signal does this give out to others who may want to abuse their positions of trust?
The Post Office says it has a zero tolerance to such offending but, it seems, the courts take a less severe approach.
The second case concerns banned driver David Ormerod who now has 25 convictions for driving while disqualified to his name.
If you are a banned driver you also have no insurance.
He was jailed for 18 weeks – and rightly so as he is a serial offender who has shown no sign he’ll change his ways.
And magistrates also banned him for another 12 months. This man should be kept off our roads for far longer than that ... ideally permanently.
The courts have today sent out two wrong signals to those who flout our justice system.
