Girl robber avoids jail term (From Southend Standard)
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Girl robber avoids jail term
10:47am Tuesday 17th January 2012 in Southend By Gina Marden
A teenage girl who held a pair of pliers to a passenger’s throat before robbing her mobile phone has been handed a nine-month suspended sentence.
Kala Lankin 19, of no fixed abode, was sentenced sentencing at Basildon Crown Court on after pleading guilty to the robbery, which happened on a train at Leigh on Sea in July last year.
*Full story in Wednesday's Echo
Comments(13)
Joe Hune
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12:05pm Tue 17 Jan 12
reptile
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12:13pm Tue 17 Jan 12
Brunning999
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12:42pm Tue 17 Jan 12
This cretin should serve the very minimum of 6 months, the **** probably left court laughing and will forget it within the hour, the aggrieved will live with this for years.
Southchurch Steve
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1:57pm Tue 17 Jan 12
If this judge has failed to identify that a thuggish woman who feels it is acceptable to threaten a fellow citizen with pliers whilst robbing them deserves to be punished, and society protected from her, then what can Blair do now?
Surely it is up to Cameron and his Home Secretary rectify it?
Nebs
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2:19pm Tue 17 Jan 12
R85
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4:48pm Tue 17 Jan 12
Nebs
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8:49pm Tue 17 Jan 12
mr_happy
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10:45pm Tue 17 Jan 12
Brunning999
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9:22am Wed 18 Jan 12
Southchurch Steve wrote:Easily answered
Brunning, how is it a failure due to Blair? Seriously, the Conservatives have been in power for 18 months now, plenty of time to instruct the judiciary to be tougher when it comes to sentencing. There is nothing in the Criminal Justice Act that prevents judges from handing down a custodial sentence for a crime like this. In fact to the contrary. It has provisions for punishment and protection for society.
If this judge has failed to identify that a thuggish woman who feels it is acceptable to threaten a fellow citizen with pliers whilst robbing them deserves to be punished, and society protected from her, then what can Blair do now?
Surely it is up to Cameron and his Home Secretary rectify it?
1. He introduced a sentencing policy of halving sentences.
2. He backed by Cherrie Blair introduced the European Human rights catastrophe.
3. He devalued the seriousness of a criminal offence by allowing a fixed penalty ticket for crime..
4. His government turned the Police Force into a Police Service.
5. He introduced Health and Safety regulations which has turned this country into a fearful of being sued situation.
6. He introduced No Win No Fee law which has destroyed any possibility of folk becoming involved or helping anyone thro fear of being sues.
Finally he made prisons into Hotels with Human rights for non Human monsters.
And he appointed many Judges thro he back door who are former left wing members of the Student Union who all agree in making future left wing policy, together with the BBC.
The list is endless !
Nebs
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10:59am Wed 18 Jan 12
Brunning999 wrote:Judges should be elected.
Southchurch Steve wrote:Easily answered
Brunning, how is it a failure due to Blair? Seriously, the Conservatives have been in power for 18 months now, plenty of time to instruct the judiciary to be tougher when it comes to sentencing. There is nothing in the Criminal Justice Act that prevents judges from handing down a custodial sentence for a crime like this. In fact to the contrary. It has provisions for punishment and protection for society.
If this judge has failed to identify that a thuggish woman who feels it is acceptable to threaten a fellow citizen with pliers whilst robbing them deserves to be punished, and society protected from her, then what can Blair do now?
Surely it is up to Cameron and his Home Secretary rectify it?
1. He introduced a sentencing policy of halving sentences.
2. He backed by Cherrie Blair introduced the European Human rights catastrophe.
3. He devalued the seriousness of a criminal offence by allowing a fixed penalty ticket for crime..
4. His government turned the Police Force into a Police Service.
5. He introduced Health and Safety regulations which has turned this country into a fearful of being sued situation.
6. He introduced No Win No Fee law which has destroyed any possibility of folk becoming involved or helping anyone thro fear of being sues.
Finally he made prisons into Hotels with Human rights for non Human monsters.
And he appointed many Judges thro he back door who are former left wing members of the Student Union who all agree in making future left wing policy, together with the BBC.
The list is endless !
Sashaleigh
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10:29am Mon 6 Feb 12
Now as the sister of miss Lankin who works a full time good job, is not a sponging single mum, who is getting marred and uses all her spare time trying get kala help with the problems she has with not a lot of help from social services (who kala is still under) or other family members, would like you all to know that she has asked the editor to take this off there web site due to it doing more damage then good!
legacythatis_kg
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1:47am Tue 14 Feb 12
when will people realise to not see things in just black and white. respect to sasha leigh for being straight to the point and showing the support for her sister. to show and admit she done something wrong is to be ther bigger person.
I hope in the future that Kala Lankin will get the full help from social services and already her sister is doing all she can to help. instead of barraging people with insults how about seeing how you can make a different. you all act like people dont make mistakes, we all human at the end of the day. therefore we are capable of making mistakes. telling me all of you that are so judgemental are perfect yeah.
give me a break.....
PJR121 says...
11:13am Tue 17 Jan 12
And Gina! A 19-year-old is an adult, not really a girl robber.
That second paragraph also makes no sense... Sentenced sentencing, Basildon Crown Court on after...