IT seems I read every day in The Northern Echo of cases in which defendants repeatedly warrant a suspended sentence or a last chance after excuses are made for them as soon as they come to court.
If you were a pensioner and failed to pay your council tax you would stand more chance of going to prison than a burglar who has robbed a dozen houses.
The name of Durham Crown Court should be changed to the Last Chance Saloon.
Peter Jefferies, Durham City
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