In reply to olddirtydoggy:
> Absolutely shameful sentencing. A man can assault somebody and get away with a caution and a big business brings in a lawyer and this young man ends up with six months for climbing an oversized dildo?
The trouble is - he didn't get sentenced for climbing something - he got sentenced for breaching a court order - which he himself admitted he knew was in place - but disregarded it because previously people hadn't been prosecuted
- which is a rubbish defence - that's like saying - I thought it was ok to break the speed limit because I know other people do it and don't get prosecuted.
If he'd gone and climbed another skyscraper without an order on it, he wouldn't be looking at anywhere near as much punishment.
Yes he maybe getting made an example of - but examples need to be made to prevent repetition - a slap on the wrist isn't discouragement.
People may say - no one got hurt what's the problem - the problem is the Police officers who had to come and deal with it - weren't able to respond to something else. Anybody who wonders why the Police take so long to respond to something should be in full favour of discouraging such pranks.