Protester who stopped Oxford-Cambridge race Gets 6 Months

[arista]

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Jailed: Trenton Oldfield arrives at
Isleworth Crown Court, Middlesex,
today, where he was sentenced to six months in prison

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2220098/Protester-stopped-Oxford-Cambridge-race-swimming-path-boats-jailed-months.html#ixzz29kBkmzLK

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Bliss

[Nedusa]

Was any of this sentence suspended ??

[Marc]

Idiot could have killed himself

[GiRTh]

Ridiculous sentence. Was it his first offence?

[Omah]

Harsh, but fair ..... :pipe:

[Brother Leon]

Wow.

Ridiculous lol

[Niall]

They should've just fined him or something. Sending him to jail is far too heavy handed.

[Marc]

Must have had some sort of annoyance behind the scenes that made this stunt much worse than it was.

[arista]

Wow.

Ridiculous lol

This was Live in all Betting Shops
Big money Bets
My Fecking Money


I would have Jailed the Punk for a Year.

[Marc]

Oxford lost as well </3 :sad:

[GiRTh]

This was Live in all Betting Shops
Big money Bets
My Fecking Money


I would have Jailed the Punk for a Year.A year? And meanwhile some thug slices up an old lady for her pension money and gets half of this sentence. Crazy.!!!!!

[Kizzy]

Pathetic, fascism in action.

[Kazanne]

Ridiculous sentence when you consider they get less for animal cruelty.

[Jake.]

What a guy

[Jack_]

Elitism at its finest.

[Roy Mars III]

should have got more

[arista]

should have got more


Yes it was Live on TV.


Big Bets on it.

[MTVN]

You should ask for your money back arista

[arista]

The Point is
it Destroyed the Race.

[billy123]

6 months in prison for annoying people racing their wanky posh boats while at the same time some druggy twat gets a suspended sentence for repeatedly breaking his bail!
http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/Drug-user-repeatedly-breached-court-order/story-17124051-detail/story.html

This is what happens when you give power to some idiotic little moron that doesnt deserve or know how to handle responsibility... the legal system in this country is so bent.

[InOne]

Ah yes, nothing should get in the way of the ****ing boat race :bored: Ridiculous.

[bbfan1991]

Harsh sentence, he deserved a punishment but this is a joke IMO when people who commit more serious offences either get less time or avoid jail altogether.

I guess they are going on the fact that he risked peoples safety and are using him to make a statement!

[Roy Mars III]

these guys trained for years for this race and this goon tries to ruin it. Should gotten at least a year

sure people get less time for worst things at times, but that doesn't change the fact that this guy got off lightly

[GiRTh]

these guys trained for years for this race and this goon tries to ruin it. Should gotten at least a year

sure people get less time for worst things at times, but that doesn't change the fact that this guy got off lightlySurely it all relative. If others are getting lighter sentence then whats the point of making an example out of this person? He's hardly a threat to society so the sentence is undoubtedly too harsh.

[arista]

Stop Comparing this with other Crimes
Its nothing to do with this punk.

[Livia]

Stop Comparing this with other Crimes
Its nothing to do with this punk.

Quite right.

I see the usual posh-bashing is alive and well. I went to Cambridge, I am not a posho, I'm a working class girl from east London. Imagining that everyone at Oxford or Cambridge is privileged and therefore a ligitimate target for scorn is sooooooo fifty years ago.

[King Gizzard]

He'll be seen as a hero in prison

Doubt he'll serve alot of it, they'll let him out soon afterwards..he won't kick up much of a fuss

Ridiculous sentence though

[Nedusa]

The words... "Setting a precedent" come to mind in this case. Since it was a live TV sporting event being broadcast live around the world and with millions of people betting on the result, it is far to say the PTB were not amused to have this joker stick his oar in ( no pun intended) . So it was not a shock to see him get a custodial sentence for his efforts.

[Kizzy]

Posh bashing?
He swam in front of a boat and recieved a prison sentence..
How is that proportional?
Nobody can be blamed for associating this with cases of burglary, assault, domestic violence, dangerous driving that recieve non custodial sentences...
So you are left with the option that it is as has been said it is another example of 'know your place'?
The lines of this democracy are getting too blurry, you can't
protest outside parliament, demonstrators are 'kettled' and those who act to highlight their beliefs jailed.
Meanwhile those within the walls of power behave how they like whilst creaming as much money as they can exploiting their position.

[GiRTh]

Posh bashing?
He swam in front of a boat and recieved a prison sentence..
How is that proportional?
Nobody can be blamed for associating this with cases of burglary, assault, domestic violence, dangerous driving that recieve non custodial sentences...
So you are left with the option that it is as has been said it is another example of 'know your place'?
The lines of this democracy are getting too blurry, you can't
protest outside parliament, demonstrators are 'kettled' and those who act to highlight their beliefs jailed.
Meanwhile those within the walls of power behave how they like whilst creaming as much money as they can exploiting their position.
:worship:

[lostalex]

UK and European sentences in general don't make much sense to me. They always seem a bit disproportionate when you put them into context. You see someone put in jail for making an off comment on twitter, or a protest like this, but actual violent criminals get a slap on the wrist sometimes.

I wish i was religious because it would be nice to think that somewhere in the universe there is real justice.