Eccleshill Rhino wrote:
Anyone who has seen the footage of Ben Cockayne's attack on a helpless victim can only but wonder what Walker and Bailey did that was that much worse to warrant the sentences levied on them.
Cockayne has been given a suspended 12 month sentence - how can this be comparable justice?
As I remember many people at the time, including the Leeds club, were shocked by the custodial sentence given in the Walker/Bailey judgement. I seem to remember the club making a statement that they thought that the sentence was overly harsh. If you think like that then maybe they got the Cockayne judgement right. I don't think prison is much use sometimes. The kid has a job (or maybe not? I don't think the league should de-register him but it's possible) and a sporting club can be the best place for someone to learn from a mistake like this. And, he hasn't gotten away with it. Any more trouble and he's inside for a considerable stretch and his career is effectively over.
He's been punished but the best chance of protecting the public from him may be to have him a useful member of society?
Then again if he goes out and beats up someone else next week I'm talking out of my @r$e.
