Lottery Winnings

Why can't prisoners with the means pay for their stay like old people have to in homes?



7m should cover it for him

Regards

Stephen

This guy brought misery to so many people with his actions and is one of the most hated people in the UK. He should never have been released from jail to enjoy his filthy lucre.

I would have left him to rot there until the scumbag died a hopefully agonising death.

Mind you, it's he people who actually buy his books that really disturb me.

Brian OReilly

After this individual's second custodial sentencing for (attempted rape) I
believe the Beak was quote as saying amongst the usual horrible little man, etc,
etc, and members of the public saying "Spit on him Jimmy" that as well as being
a menace, you will very likely re-offend upon release, as you've so proven thus
far.
If indeed the money won goes towards therapy, or a life-long stay in a
decent brothel catering for his every whim, I tend to suspect, as things go,
and reading between his lines so far that if he actually avoids press and public
vigilantiism, he'll get nicely set up in a honey trap, and lose all the wonga
to-boot; the nick apparently has a wonderful way of keeping in touch with its ex
guests, and I don't mean the legal ones, innit !!!

Fritz Von Speakingwordsovwisdomletitbe.

N.B: I personally won't post on this fred no mooore, as the gadgie's had enough
of my brain power, little that it is. I concur --- he's one of many I believe ?

Can't believe all the rightious idiotic fuss over this.

The guy won the money fair and square. I would encourage prisoners to buy lottery tickets, after all the lottery is only a tax anyway, only 50% goes back in prizes. The more prisonners that buy tickets the more money goes to good causes.

Some idiot on the radio the otherday was saying 'He shouldn't be allowed it, what good will it do to society'. Since when do people winning the lottery have to agree that what they spend their money on will be good for the society. Plonker.

As said above, this money probably would make the bloke less likely to offend on release.

Rape is one of the most despicable crimes I can imagine (in fact I cant imagine it at all I suppose), and all the rubbish liberal twaddle spouted on here is a joke, the blokes a pest, criminal, scum and a waste of my taxes. For anyone to think he should be allowed any lucky breaks is a crass misjudgement. I would, along with a couple of other offences, give him the death penalty for rape. IMO
Martin

That is a completely different issue Martin, and one solution that would certainly prevent the above problem.


But supposedly this guy is being given day release, he is near the end of his sentence, presumably someone, somewhere must think he is fit to be released. I'm all for criminals wasting their money on lottery tickets.

Well I'm with greeny and long-time-dead on this one. Yes it could be argued from a moral standpoint that the guy doesn't deserve the cash. However, the law is an ass and AFAICT by rights the money is his to do as he pleases. Though this may not be obvious to those with reactionary viewpoints the law IMO acts as a safeguard against the kind of society longed for by the editor of the Daily Mail - where someone gets hung, drawn and quartered simply because his past deeds inspire repugnance and therefore hatred. Would you honestly want to live in a world like that?

I know I don't.

JonR

Brian -

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Originally posted by Stephen Bennett:
Why can't prisoners with the means pay for their stay like old people have to in homes?

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As far as I know, this only happens to people who are found to have been wrongfully convicted and receive compensation awards.

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Originally posted by greeny:
As said above, this money probably would make the bloke less likely to offend on release.

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Had the crime been one of material gain then I would have agreed. In this case, I wouldn't like to guess what effect the money will have.

I was thinking last week how great it was that a Cancer victim had won the biggest single win of £20m - although don't get me wrong health is always more important than wealth. And then this happens...

Just to throw a spoke into the debate.....

Is a prisoner on controlled release allowed to gamble ?

If yes, my view doesn't change.

If no, then he is clear breach of the conditions of his release and has a different case to answer. Notwithstanding that the win would then become null and void.