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His lawyer also told the court Laher was “otherwise a very decent individual” whose business, an IT consultancy and distributor would become “unviable” if he received a custodial sentence.

“That would affect not just him but his employees as well […] his business is everything to him. It is everything to a lot of other people as well.”

So if you own a business in the UK you can basically commit any crime and go unpunished as being charged would affect your "employees".

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[–] toebert@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago

The perceived speed by the judge would really depend on how rich you are. I'd bet that if you're rich enough, you'd get away with a thank you note and the person ~~you punched~~ who violently headbutted your fist going to prison.