Words Damn Near Fail Me, But Not Quite

WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON ?

Colin Read, who I must assume is a complete and utter bastard, loser, piece of shit, fuckhead, scum, please add any you feel appropriate, walked away after being convicted of three counts of actual bodily harm against his wife. Let me be a bit more graphic, he slashed her with a knife, beat her for complaining when he did and branded her with an iron because she didn't iron his shirt or make his sandwiches. Oh, sorry, he was fined £2000, so I guess he didn't walk away completely free.

Yup, that does say £2000. You see it was the circumstances of the marriage that led to the abuse according to the judge, so he's unlikely to re offend since his wife is divorcing him. Smart girl. But what circumstances ? Well, you see the poor little lamb was all stressed out working 17 hour days at his £90,000 a year executive job. Poor didums. It must have been all that stress that led him to tell the court his wife was self harming, before changing his position to, well, I might have attacked her but I just don't really remember, I mean slashing the woman I'm supposed to love and have been married to for about three months, beating her and branding her back with an iron, not very memorable really.

Apparently putting him in prison would help no one. Not clear on the logic of that. . . . . . putting violent criminals in prison doesn't help anyone. . . . uh what about the victim, and potential victims ? Then there is society at large, you know, seeing crime punished. Sending a message to people who think it's okay to abuse their spouses that their behaviour is unacceptable and will be dealt with in an appropriate manner ?

He didn't get community service either, despite it being recommended. Wanna know why ? You know you do. Sit down first though.

'Cause the oh so fabulous judge, Recorder William Featherby, couldn't see how Mr Read could fit it in around his job. Take a moment to let that sink in.

Colin Read, a convicted violent criminal, was, in the judges opinion, too busy to be punished.

Well that's okay then. Obviously.

This is the story I originally found. It has the bastards picture as well.

Then I found this.

Then this. Which just pissed me off even more. A £500 fine for dragging your wife out of bed and knocking the living shit out of her. Just fucking wonderful. I'm sure Stuart Brown felt the punishment in that. Took a real toll on this £100,000 a year pay packet. And in this case the magistrate thought,

"No punishment this court could enforce could come anywhere near the impact you feel this had on you, your profession and your colleagues,"

Eh ? The guy didn't lose his job , although there will be a review. A review ? He's an anaesthetist, from the Greek an-aisthesis. It means without feeling. A little further digging and I found this. His picture is also shown. So the guy has a supervision order and had to complete a domestic abuse programme too. He might be struck off or suspended b y the General Medical Council.

Whoop-dee-fucking-do. As far as I am concerned both of these so called men need locked up.

Oh, Recorder William Featherby was a personal injuries lawyer. Now in my opinion any one who spends the bulk of his/her time doing that is . . . . well, use your imagination.