Re: Glen Wheatley out of jail

On Apr 11, 1:34 pm, "Wolfy 'Dial-up' Wildeblood"
<wolfgangwildebl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Apr 11, 6:11 am, "TG'sFM" <suv...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > On Apr 11, 8:01 am, "Fleeced" <flee...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > > "Je=DFus" wrote:
> > > >>>> Fair enough - his sentence was excessive anyway.  Prison
> > > >>>> should be reserved for more serious crimes.
> > > >>> What an arse-licker.
> > > >>> IOW any crimes of a financial nature should be exempt, right?
> > > >>> Especially if you're well known, or part of the old boys
network.
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> > > >> No - but avoiding tax is not the same as outright theft (indeed,
th=
e
> > > >> tax itself is closer to theft).  People like you want him
penalised=

> > > >> more than he should be simply because he is rich and famous.
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> > > > No, I don't want him to be exempt from what everyone else is
> > > > subject to.
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> > > I never said I wanted special treatment for him either, simply that
> > > the penalty was excessive.  In fact, the ATO made it clear that
> > > they wanted a high-profile scalp, so it's quite plausible they were
> > > extra aggresive.
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> > > > Plus, he was involved with that turd Farnham, which is potentially
> > > > a crime in of itself.
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> > > A good point.
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> > > Regards,
> > > Fleeced
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> > His 'aggressive' prosecution is quite normal.  If a teacher is charged
> > with molesting a boy then you would expect he will face a higher
> > penalty than if it were just joe average facing the same charge.  The
> > same applies to policemen charged with disonesty offences etc etc etc.
>
> That is what we would expect, but in the real world the opposite is
> usually the case. Policemen charged with dishonesty offences usually
> avoid any penalty because of their "previous good character". A good
> example is that **** who got himself murdered in WA this week. The
> courts are indirectly responsible for his death, because if he were in
> gaol where he should have been, his son wouldn't have been able to
> kill him. (Unless of course he (the son, the alleged killer) were also
> in gaol.)
>
> Here's a question for you all: is murdering someone who doesn't
> deserve to be alive really a crime?

His 'crime' was to issue drivers licenses to a few mates without
giving them a practical driving test.  That is hardly jail worthy,
****rley?