On 23/09/2018 16:34, TMS320 wrote:

On 23/09/18 11:23, wrote:
Road.cc highlights a very salient piece of CCTV evidence in its
piece.

https://road.cc/content/news/248771-...ed-karla-roman

"Northcott’s barrister, Harry Bentley, said the coach driver was
"desperately sorry" for Roman's death “and at times he has considered
ending his own life because of it.""

It's necessary to wonder how much his sentence was reduced by this
grovelling. (Compared to 18 months for Charlie Alliston for not
grovelling - and the court seeming to accept that it was the victim that
hadn't paid attention.)

Pleading guilty at the earliest opportunity (that is, once the charges
and evidence have been made available and the strength of the
prosecution case thereby known) and saving the Crown the expense of a
trial is always taken into account as a mitigating factor.

When did Alliston plead guilty?