Madre condannata per una fattura fiscale per auto da £ 8,75 non pagata mentre soffriva la morte di bambino nell’ultimo oltraggio della giustizia rapida

Enough with the rage bait.

You’re given plenty of time and multiple reminders. 

Yeah, tax, obligations etc. suck but none of us get to just opt out of life – I don’t want to pay my mortgage. 

I got stuff in my life too, so do you.

Nice to see an investigation that clearly defines where the fault original lies (previous Government, underfunding) but still seeks to hold the current Government to account for not at least having a plan yet to sort it out.

Cases like this for trivial amounts should never come to criminal court in any form, regardless of mitigation. It should have taken someone less than 5 seconds to look at this and realise that the prosecution was in no one’s interest. I’d like to know how much was wasted – but I suspect it cost more in postage alone than they were seeking.

The amount they gained by double charging for cars for the month they are sold would easily cover the occasional small amount like this.