Brickbat: Look What I Found

In England, former Metropolitan Police Officer Mohammed Rahman was sentenced to 12 months in prison, suspended for two years, after he pleaded guilty to seven counts of misconduct in public office. Rahman used police databases to look up information on family members and friends and passed that information onto others. He also used those databases to find information connected to vehicle license plates and addresses.

Comments

[Adans smith]

Mohammed huh.Seems legit.

[BrianL.]

You do know that like, 150 million people in the world are named Mohammed, right?

[Chumby]

Mohammed was not using his Rahman noodle.

[Fist of Etiquette]

The Limeys don't like spying on their own citizens.

[Longtobefree]

They don't like PERSONAL spying.
Only for approved state purposes - - - - - - - - - -

[mad.casual]

Rahman was sentenced to 12 months in prison, suspended for two years,

So, three years and then... the suspension is over and he goes back to his job? Even the Qualifyed Immunitae is classier over there.

[MoreFreedom]

That phrase basically means he avoided any prison time, in another sweetheart deal for a corrupt government employee.

You know many (IMHO, most) government employees don't want other government employees convicted of abusing their office, because they don't want to be prosecuted themselves for their abuse of their office.

[mad.casual]

That phrase basically means he avoided any prison time

Wait, really? I thought it was euphemistic for he was sentenced to 12 mos. by the Court and, independent of his sentence, his employer told him, in a polite British accent, "Don't come back for 24 mos." (but really don't come back at all).

[The Margrave of Azilia]

The way it's phrased, it looks like he'll stay out of prison unless he does something stupid like violate another law.

[Isaac Bartram]

Lots of defendants get suspended sentences or as it is known in the US "probation in lieu of prison time". Almost always in exchange for a "Guilty" of "No Contest" plea.

[Isaac Bartram]

No, in British Commonwealth countries a "suspended sentence" is the equivalent of what some US states call "community control" IOW probation instead of jail time. In this case the defendant was told that as long as he stayed out of trouble for two years, he could avoid being sent to prison for one year. It was the sentence that was suspended, not the defendant.

[Isaac Bartram]

That was meant to be a reply to mad.casual