[jambutty]

Originally Posted by garinda

He was excused a custodial sentence because of the frailties of age, the crime is irrelevant.

What crimes should this be the norm for? You think it is acceptable for fraud, how about murder?

This isn't about an art fraud, it's about the principle of equality for all before the law.

Should the disabled, or educationally subnormal, also be excused jail, because the prison service can't accommodate them?

No he wasn’t. Read the article. Here let me save you the bother.

Judge William Morris adjourned the case at Bolton crown court this month to ask if any jails could "humanely" imprison a wheelchair-bound pensioner suffering from poor health. Today the judge told the court that the prison service could not look after Greenhalgh humanely because of his age and infirmity - otherwise he would be going to prison.

His age and infirmity was only relevant because no jail could accommodate him humanely.

At least the judge had the good sense to find out before passing sentence. No doubt he would have arrived at the same decision had the criminal been 36, in poor health and in a wheelchair.

If a prison cannot cater for a disabled or educationally subnormal person humanely then an alternative punishment has to be handed down.

Do you really know what you are talking about? You state that “the crime is irrelevant” and then turn right around and boldly ask about the type of crime.