SamC@lemmy.nz to Te Upoko o te Ika a Māui / Wellington@lemmy.nzEnglish · 1 year agoRep rugby player facing hit-and-run manslaughter chargeswww.stuff.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkRep rugby player facing hit-and-run manslaughter chargeswww.stuff.co.nzSamC@lemmy.nz to Te Upoko o te Ika a Māui / Wellington@lemmy.nzEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareflambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoDriving while suspended, drunk and then took off afterwards? Hard to have any compassion, really. What an awful situation all round.
minus-squareJosh O'Connor-Chen@mastodon.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year ago@flambonkscious @SamC should be a career-ended, as per Kiri Allan
minus-squareflambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI’d get on board with that, actually. I’m a little uncomfortable with the idea, in a sense - its partly scape goating after the usual wet bus ticket these rugby types tend to get away with, which isn’t very fair but in this case they hardly deserve any leniency!
minus-squareBoldizzle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoShould be but he’ll probably get let off as the judge won’t want to harm his career prospects.
Driving while suspended, drunk and then took off afterwards?
Hard to have any compassion, really. What an awful situation all round.
@flambonkscious @SamC should be a career-ended, as per Kiri Allan
I’d get on board with that, actually.
I’m a little uncomfortable with the idea, in a sense - its partly scape goating after the usual wet bus ticket these rugby types tend to get away with, which isn’t very fair but in this case they hardly deserve any leniency!
Should be but he’ll probably get let off as the judge won’t want to harm his career prospects.