Update: Judge Couldn’t Use It In Sentence

If you recall back in the mists of the 25th November, we had the following exchange between Judge and Defendant

Judge Roger Chappel warned him of "a substantial custodial sentence".
The teenager asked: "What do you mean by substantial? I don't know that word."
The judge replied: "Long."

I postulated at the time whether;

This will also be another case of a Judge who does not know the meaning of the word ‘long’. 

Well, good job I wasn’t taking bets as it turns out the Judges dictionary is indeed different to the rest of the general publics where it comes to the definition  of both ‘long’ and ‘substantial’

Kichenside received a sentence of two years and six months for robbery, two years for violent disorder and 16 months for burglary, to run consecutively. He also received a further 16 months, to run concurrently, for a second count of burglary. 

Now doing the maths that comes to 5 years 10 months  inside.  Now you may consider that a long stretch as does the continuing disingenuous MSM which trumpets in the headline.

And it would be if he was to spend that time in prison. But you, me  and the desert nomads of Ulan Bator all now know that there is no way he will be ‘locked up for 5 years.”

So how did our miscreant  Ryan Kichenside (18)  react to this ‘substantial’ sentence considering :

He has ten previous convictions for offences including shoplifting, threatening a witness, assault and possessing an offensive weapon, was under a youth rehabilitation at the time of the offence. [Note: 18 years old]

Well

As he left the dock, he shouted to friends and family: 'I only have to do half, it’s a walk in the park.'

I wonder if the Judge was still in the court and heard that, or more likely he was back in chambers for a large sherry, basking in the glow of a job well done

The British justice system is broken and not fit for purpose