Gary Glitter and retrospection

[BrilloPad]

Interesting post here from BN66 thread.

Judge McCreath said he assessed the seriousness of the offences by current guidelines, but he was limited to the maximum sentences that were available at the time the offences were committed, when "the sentencing climate was less severe".

"The offences for which I must pass sentence today took place many years ago at a time when in particular, in respect of one of them, the maximum sentence was considerably lower than that which is now available," he said.

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That's right folks, even Gary Glitter doesn't get the retrospective law change treatment.

[NotAllThere]

Yeah, but there's paedophilia and sexual abuse, and then there's tax avoidance.

I know a guy who was at party where there was one of the head honchos from UBS back in 2007.

Head Honcho - what do you do?
Lowly Worker - I'm a paedophile
HH - what?
LW - a paedophile (looks around, and then whispers) - actually, I'm a banker, but they're not that popular at the moment.

[suityou01]

Brillo get a life.

[Scruff]

He will look great with glitter on his chocolate starfish. I sincerely hope that there is coarse sand on it.

[Unix]

Don't be a paedo and don't dodge your taxes

Here endeth the lesson.

[BrilloPad]

Don't be a paedo and don't dodge your taxes

Here endeth the lesson.

Can you define "dodge"? Do you mean avoid or evade?

[Unix]

Can you define "dodge"? Do you mean avoid or evade?

Whatever HMRC says is illegal, which is evading.

[BrilloPad]

Whatever HMRC says is illegal, which is evading.

No-one in S58 is accused of evasion.

[EternalOptimist]

The judge is correct. He is saying that he upholds the law and he is not a law unto himself.

[BrilloPad]

The judge is correct. He is saying that he upholds the law and he is not a law unto himself.

So retrospection is ok for s58 - but not for nonces?