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Ex-Hogan Lovells partner jailed for three years over £1.27m fraud

I feel sorry for him, for the same reasons as all the other more compassionate/human commenters here. (Before anyone says anything else, I also feel sorry for the supposed "rioters" who got put in prison for wandering off with a bottle of water and such-like). I am flabbergasted that people are being so callous about a diagnosed mental illness as well. What good is putting him in prison at all going to do? He's not dangerous, and he's highly unlikely to re-offend. And there is no real need for a deterrent sentence, as the loss of reputation and (relative) financial ruin is probably enough of a deterrent to stop other (non-mentally-ill) law firm partners from doing the same. The one thing his prison sentence will do is cost the taxpayer a fair amount of money, of course... isn't it about £35k a year to keep someone in prison?

12-Sep-2012

7:13 pm