Texting Death crash woman Jailed.

[Sexy]

A motorist who sent and received more than 20 text messages before she crashed into another car killing its driver has been jailed for 21 months.

Philippa Curtis, 21, from Suffolk, was texting before she hit the back of a stationary car at 70mph on the A40 near Wheatley in Oxfordshire.
Victoria McBryde from Northamptonshire, who was dealing with a burst tyre, was killed in the crash in November 2007.
Curtis, of Bury St Edmunds, was also given a three-year driving ban.
Judge Julian Hall said it had been "folly and madness" to use a phone while driving and it had been "disastrous" for Curtis, Ms McBryde and her family.



read more - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7865114.stm

[jackass]

The jail sentence should be more than that, and she should be banned from driving for life.

[Caution]

should be longer. and ye she should be banned for life.

[partie2]

about time they acctually did someone for using there phone while driving

[Traume]

21 months for murder.
she should get at least 10 years and a full driving ban

[LouisCollins]

Tbh, If you take a life you should loose yours

[5,5]

finally a news story about a ******* from somewhere other than the states.

and what kinda justice system do you guys have over ther? 21 months for murder, what a joke

[Traume]

finally a news story about a ******* from somewhere other than the states.

and what kinda justice system do you guys have over ther? 21 months for murder, what a joke

an extremely bad one by the sound of it

[Frodo13.]

Its not even murder :l To constitue as murder, she must of either had intent to kill or intent to cause GBH. She didn't intend either, so it's not murder. Obviously, it's Death by Dangerous Driving.

[Traume]

Its not even murder :l To constitue as murder, she must of either had intent to kill or intent to cause GBH. She didn't intend either, so it's not murder. Obviously, it's Death by Dangerous Driving.
At the end of the day, it was her fault someone died so she should still go away for long time.

[Frodo13.]

At the end of the day, it was her fault someone died so she should still go away for long time.


Yes, she was stupid and reckless, but I personally think that 21 months is a long time for someone who would probably never desire to harm anyone.

[Andys]

finally a news story about a ******* from somewhere other than the states.

and what kinda justice system do you guys have over ther? 21 months for murder, what a joke
its not murder its homoside.
but she should be banned for life tbh

edit: wait thats not the word, i forgot the word - but i meant a death by accident... argh wots the word!

[Frodo13.]

its not murder its homoside.
but she should be banned for life tbh

edit: wait thats not the word, i forgot the word - but i meant a death by accident... argh wots the word!



I think you mean manslaughter, but still, it wasn't manslaugther either.

There are two types on manslaughter, the first is Voluntary Manslaughter which is where a person murders, but has got one of the 3 defences to murder (Diminished Responsibility, Provocation or Suicide Pact), so this isn't the case here.

The second is Involuntary Mnanslaugther, where the victim commits an unlawful act which unintentially leads to a death. A good example of this if a person set fire to a house, not knowing people were inside it, and then the people in the house burnt to death. This is more likely to be what this woman commited, but as I already stated, it's Death by Dangerous Driving :)

[5,5]

whatever its called somebody is now dead becuase some had the text "OMG orly did dat rly appn WOW!"

so she should be locked up for at least 4-7 years imo

[Frodo13.]

I personally think what she already has is enough, plus the guilt and regret she is going to have for the rest of her life - thats worse than any prison sentance.

[drama]

Tbh, If you take a life you should loose yours
so the punishment for doing something bad (murder) should be the death of that person? slightly hypocritical considering that would be taking ANOTHER live lol it turns into a vicious cycle.

[Ramones]

I personally think what she already has is enough, plus the guilt and regret she is going to have for the rest of her life - thats worse than any prison sentance.

Agreed, although it may seem like a lenient decision, i'm pretty sure she's not going to be a threat to the public in any way, and has learnt her lesson the hard way.

Also she's only 21, so i'm not sure but think she might be treated as a young offender still, if i remember correctly from law.

[5,5]

Tbh, If you take a life you should loose yours
I would agree but it would be so much more complicated than that. What happens if they convict the wrong person for the murder? Than they get sued, and the government loses money, puts us in more of a recession.

[RedStratocas]

At the end of the day, it was her fault someone died so she should still go away for long time.

thats where everything gets fuzzy though. people can cause the deaths of others with very little carelessness or even none at all. if you accidentally served something with peanuts in it to someone allergic, technically it would be your fault, but should you be sentenced to prison?

its not as easy and black and white as "if you kill someone you should be killed"


I would agree but it would be so much more complicated than that. What happens if they convict the wrong person for the murder? Than they get sued, and the government loses money, puts us in more of a recession.

exactly. its not as easy as people think. murder isnt always black and white. everyone thinks society should run on simplistic rules like eye for an eye but the reason there's complications is because of the complicated nature of certain cases