Pensioner sent to Armsley Prison for campaigning for justice

[Biker Biggles]

Originally Posted by The Idle Biker

Its complete and utter bollox. How can you lock an old bloke up for that?

The voice of reason once again

[Biker Biggles]

Originally Posted by bluefishman

so we have different rules for old people now? I'm sure they gave him every chance to stop befor it came to this.

Yes.Too bl00dy right we do.No civilised society sends 86 year old war veterans to jail just because they have gone a bit loopy and upset the judiciary.
Have a bit of respect

[punyXpress]

'cos " the judiciary " have first dibs on loopiness?

[Jayneflakes]

I was hoping to find out the other side of the story. He claims that Amnesty and other Human Rights groups did not want to touch his story, which seems surprising. I am wondering about the legitimacy of his case and it does seem that after his last sentence he was then taken to a secure hospital.

Perhaps he is mentally ill and perhaps he is guilty of these crimes, but solitary confinement in a nasty prison seems harsh, unless he has a history of this stuff and they wanted to teach him a lesson. However, I do think that he has a point over some of the stuff he is campaigning against, although it is a little hard to work through it all and find the actual point he has.

I am still undecided, but am not convinced that hard time is appropriate for some one who needs a support worker.