Who Is The Worst Criminal?

someone who goes into a shop and deliberately steals a £1,000 gold chain or a law abiding citizen who puts their wheelie bin out early? well the thief will get a on the spot fine of £60, the bin owner will be fined up to £110, for those who overfill their bins, leave them out too early, or put out extra sacks of rubbish alongside them, I do not know if it is me, but stealing I would have thought, should carry more of a penalty than putting your bin out to early, below is a comment taken from the article, shoplifters are getting lighter punishments than families who overfill their bins, the country's prosecutions watchdog said yesterday, the comments by Stephen Wooler, the Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service, will inflame the row over the march towards 'soft justice' under Labour.

the Ministry of Justice said: 'The Government takes retail theft very seriously and a shoplifter can be prosecuted and could be imprisoned or receive a hefty fine. A person would not be imprisoned for driving in a bus lane or over-filling their wheelie bin.' so that's alright then!