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Scottish justice system places a higher value on Rolex watches than on raped women and children
Guest blog by @giantyellowbumblebee (Twitter)
The Gleneagles armed robbery case of two men stealing more than £500,000 worth of
luxury watches from a boutique at the five star hotel caught my attention due
to the high sentences given: totalling 29 years between 2 men; 18 years and 11
years.
A Defence lawyer on Radio Scotland said this was due to the 'high value'
of the crime and because it was 'violent in nature'. A discussion evolved with
John Beattie citing rape case sentencing of five years for a perpetrator who
raped a women who was sleeping, compared with the high sentencing given in this
armed robbery. The Judge sentencing in this case stated the criminals carried
out 'an act of serious premeditated criminality'.
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