Using children as a reason ....

[Fenella]

not to go to prison.

In the Daily Mail today there's an article about a woman who killed an 80-year women when she had a accident in her car at a junction. Anne Foster-chia was rightly found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving, but now she's whining that she shouldn't be sent to prison because her four children will suffer.

Why shouldn't she go to prison? She should have thought about her children before she started gabbing on her mobile phone and killed an old lady.

People like that really annoy me. They think they can shirk their responsibilities just because they have children.

School-run mother who killed while on a mobile faces jail | the Daily Mail

[adi]

Presumably the children have a father (or several fathers)?

[Fenella]

Presumably the children have a father (or several fathers)?

The article said she was a single mother, so I don't know where the father is in all this. One of her children is autistic, so that's giving her even more of a excuse.

She also commented that she had been "found guilty" of causing the death of an elderly lady, not that she was responsible for it. It seems to me that she's trying all she can to excuse what she did.

[adi]

I suppose she has a point. They should send the car to prison instead.

[Fenella]

I suppose she has a point. They should send the car to prison instead.

I'm glad you mentioned the car. IMO anyone who drives a 4x4 is guilty of a crime against the environment and the general public anyway.

[adi]

In many ways I welcome the clarification. Next time a soccer mum tries to run my bike and I off the road in her suburban tank I'll direct my ire at the vehicle rather than the clot behind the wheel.

[THE V0NZ]

She also commented that she had been "found guilty" of causing the death of an elderly lady, not that she was responsible for it. It seems to me that she's trying all she can to excuse what she did.

That's the problem bit for me - in her own mind she hasn't yet faced up to what she's done and not shown true remorse.

I think it's fair to say that most fatal accidents are tragedies for both the perpetrator and the victim's family, and it's fitting that the only punishment should be the individual's conscience and the realisation of what they've done.

For instance, I didn't see many people arguing against the recent acquittal of a woman after her grandaughter was mauled to death in front of her by the family pet. She will be haunted by that to the end of her days, and a spell in prison would be completely irrelevant.

But in this case, even with this woman still in apparent denial, it's sad to say she probably will avoid a custodial sentence because of her circumstances. It may be some consolation to remember that denial is just one stop on the journey to ultimately accepting her part in this woman's death, and she'll get there in the end I'm sure.



Kubler-Ross Grief Cycle yesterday

[Fenella]

Well I hope so Vonz because it wasn't just an accident. She was using her mobile phone at the time and wasn't concentrating. She said she had already dropped the phone and just misjudged the speed of oncoming traffic when crossing the road at the junction.

Either way, she's guilty of causing the death of the old lady. She, however, is more concerned about getting away with it by using her children as an excuse rather than facing up to what she did.

I take your point about the incident of the dog. The grandmother in that case really did seem to fess up to it and admit it was her fault though, and I think that went some way in her favour.

If I was the judge in the case of this stupid woman though I would give her a longer sentence just to show that you can't excuse yourself on the grounds that you have children.

[SFB]

There's no such thing as an accident that wasn't avoidable!

In this particular case it was caused by a woman who probably believed that women really can muti-task.

[Fenella]

There's no such thing as an accident that wasn't avoidable!

In this particular case it was caused by a woman who probably believed that women really can muti-task.

What's muti-task?

It has already been established that the woman was guilty of causing death by dangerous driving. The issue is that she wants to get out of going to prison because she has children.