Concurrent OR Cumulative

[broncobrad]

The way of the world these days Trish...court reports are full of repeat offenders serving concurrent sentences. An easy way out perhaps.


Why these offences should be concurrent just makes no sense. Was (is)? there a fear of a successful appeal that stops the regulators from taking the appropriate hard line against this type of offence?

[trish]

The way of the world these days Trish...court reports are full of repeat offenders serving concurrent sentences. An easy way out perhaps.


Why these offences should be concurrent just makes no sense. Was (is)? there a fear of a successful appeal that stops the regulators from taking the appropriate hard line against this type of offence?

I don't think that's the reason. I really think that there worried about loosing any participants even the cheats!

[Lethal]

Trish,
Until HRNSW or any other controlling body get the judicial system (aka Police prosecutors) to take these fraud charges seriously then some people will always take the punt that the worst they get is a disqualification. BIG DEAL. If they were charged, as they can be, then it just might make a big difference how they thought about what is nothing less than outright cheating and fraud.