Ruby Thomas who kicked man to death jailed for.. 7 years

[-:Undertaker:-]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...d-7-years.html

Former private school girl who kicked gay man to death in homophobic attack jailed for seven years

A former public school girl who kicked and stamped on a gay civil servant during a deadly homophobic attack was jailed for seven years today for his manslaughter. Ruby Thomas, 19, hurled obscene abuse at 62-year-old Ian Baynham during the drink-fuelled assault in London's Trafalgar Square in September 2009.

Mr Baynham died 18 days later in hospital. Police found his blood smeared on Thomas's handbag and the ballet pumps she was wearing as she kicked him. The Old Bailey heard how she screamed 'f****** ******s', and smiled as she 'put the boot into' Mr Baynham after he was knocked to the ground by another teenager, Joel Alexander. Thomas's ex-boyfriend Declan Seavers told the court that the teenager, of Anerley, south east London, was 'not the type of girl' to have done it.

But jurors did not agree and convicted her of manslaughter, along with Alexander, 20, of Thornton Heath, south east London, at the end of their trial last month. Alexander was jailed for six years while 18-year-old Rachael Burke, of Upper Norwood, south east London, was given a two-year sentence after being found guilty of affray at an earlier trial. Judge Richard Hawkins increased Thomas's sentence from six years to seven years because of the homophobic nature of the attack. He said: 'This was a case of mindless drink-fuelled violence committed in public.'

7 years, the price British justice puts on life - I don't know whats more disgusting, the crime or the sentence.

Thoughts?

[Muct]

You put private school - and the article says public, jus' saying.

But yah LOL @ HER

[Jacob]

Kicked a man to death and only 7 years, oh. She's does look quite rough so i'm not surprised

[Catzsy]

The jury convicted her of manslaughter so blame them not the British Justice system. I don't know why they did, though tbh on the face of it.

[Slowpoke]

Some people are just born evil

[ifuseekamy]

Who on earth were her supporters? Their sentences should all be triple that, they'll be out in half that time.

[alexxxxx]

You put private school - and the article says public, jus' saying.

But yah LOL @ HER

Public school = Private school.

And as it was manslaughter not murder, then it is unlikely to get a long sentence.

[-:Undertaker:-]

The jury convicted her of manslaughter so blame them not the British Justice system. I don't know why they did, though tbh on the face of it.

Guidelines are often issued on sentence lengths and the jury is part of the British justice system which is a shambles. To add to that, we do not have enough prison capacity to send people away for a longer period of time and judges and the police are often under pressure to minimise sentences as the prisons are on low capacity.. she will also most likely be let out early, with a tag. Under the last government mainly and this government now under Ken Clarke, the justice system has become a joke but its been an ongoing process for many decades. The kind of rhetoric that the two governments have spouted is shown and defeated here;

Ian Huntley is another example, a monster with an Xbox in a supposed prison.

[Eoin247]

Public school = Private school.

And as it was manslaughter not murder, then it is unlikely to get a long sentence.

Really? Here private schools are fee paying whilst public are run by the government and so are free.

Maybe she didn't mean to kill him, judging by the article. However nonetheless, she shouldn't have done what she did whether she intended to kill or not. A sentance which should have been doubled at minimum.

[Technologic]

Really? Here private schools are fee paying whilst public are run by the government and so are free.

Maybe she didn't mean to kill him, judging by the article. However nonetheless, she shouldn't have done what she did whether she intended to kill or not. A sentance which should have been doubled at minimum.

Private school = fee paying
Public school = ultra posh £20,000+ per annum fee paying
State school = free

and this is a joke, i find the sentences in this country to be a complete farce.