[Bonnyboy]

I aggree that any Judge who dishes out what the vast majority of the population considers a morally unacceptable sentence should be brought to task. I dont know who they would have to answer to.

I can see that under certain circumstances guidelines from the Home Office could muddy the waters a bit i.e. telling Judges to bear in mind prison overcrowding when sentencing. Though in cases like this there are no mitigating circumstances to my mind.