Jailbird Ahmed let out in Monopoly type release!

Well, well. Lord Ahmed's barrister, Jeremy Baker QC, has succesfully argued that the jail sentence Lord Ahmed received could "irreparably and permanently" damage his ability to carry out community work in the future. You don't say!

Lady Justice Hallett seems to have come over all funny. Bring on the smelling salts! Because of the "exceptional" personal mitigation in his case, she said the court was able to take the step of suspending the sentence for 12 months. So he's still technically a criminal, then.

Seems a pretty poor excuse to let someone out of jail for. Why couldn't he just carry on with his "community work" after six weeks? Jeremy Baker will be the most sought after advocate in the world for that grovelling mitigation.

The following posts contain strong language!

Paraphrasing the BBC, I'm just warning you as they say. Strong language isn't just for BBC programmes, bloggers and pub crawlers. The odd bishop has been known to speak in colourful tones, sometimes as a mirror to the mitre!

As I said earlier, Lord Ahmed is on his way to jail. I think the technical term is "he's being processed". These two fine bloggers have their say -Bristol Dave and Obnoxio the Clown. They may think that but I couldn't possibly comment!

UPDATE! I've just seen that Lord Amed's solicitor, Steve Smith, came out of the court and said he thought his client had been used as a "scapegoat" by those attempting to drive home the message about not using a mobile phone while at the wheel. Is this man fit to be involved in the legal process?

Get a grip Mr. Smith. The law is quite clear. This is not about scapegoats but about wrongdoing. People of your ilk are the ones that are causing this country so much turmoil.

Lord Ahmed banged up in jail!

Another driver who thinks he is above the law is jailed. This time it is Lord Ahmed, who will be doing six weeks out of a 12 week stint. After all, nobody but the most depraved does the full stretch. Ahmed won't have time to figure out where everything is before he is let out again.

The driver of the car he hit was killed. 12 weeks for that? I wonder if Lord Ahmed voted for a ban on hand-held mobile phone use whilst driving when it went through the House of Lords. It's an utter disgrace.

Only this morning whilst walking my children to school a driver on his mobile phone casually turned into his driveway right in front of us. He didn't appear to have noticed. If he'd hit us, would it have been careless, dangerous or what?

Some people are just too arrogant and selfish for their own good. Perhaps as Lord Ahmed sits in his cell tonight, chewing over the rights and wrongs of life with his cellmate, he can reflect on it all. And a good run round the excercise yard will stimulate the brain cells!