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Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight. | :00:11. | :00:12. | |
The mother backing plans for tougher penalties for dangerous | :00:12. | :00:20. | |
drivers after her son was nearly killed on the roads. | :00:20. | :00:26. | |
There are consequences and where there are not consequences it will | :00:26. | :00:29. | |
just continue to happen. Demanding action against the News | :00:29. | :00:32. | |
of the World - Alan Johnson and John Prescott increase the pressure | :00:32. | :00:39. | |
over phone hacking. A public inquiry may not be comfortable for | :00:39. | :00:44. | |
me as home secretary at the time, but that is not the point. | :00:44. | :00:50. | |
would have thought they could have stooped to such levels? I need you | :00:50. | :00:54. | |
to stay calm. Trapped by arsonists in her own home - we meet the Hull | :00:54. | :01:03. | |
woman who is still living in fear. I am live in Barton where thousands | :01:03. | :01:09. | |
have turned out for the annual bike night. And more rain and showers on | :01:09. | :01:19. | |
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the way this evening. More details shortly. | :01:20. | :01:22. | |
The mother of a teenager who was left brain damaged in a road | :01:22. | :01:24. | |
accident has tonight welcomed proposals to introduce tougher | :01:24. | :01:30. | |
penalties for reckless drivers. William Horncastle was left in a | :01:30. | :01:36. | |
coma for three days following the crash in East Yorkshire. The Prime | :01:36. | :01:38. | |
Minister, David Cameron, said today he supports moves by the Hull MP, | :01:38. | :01:40. | |
Karl Turner, to increase the maximum sentence for dangerous | :01:40. | :01:47. | |
driving from two to seven years. We'll hear from him in a moment, | :01:47. | :01:54. | |
but first here's our Political Editor, Tim Iredale. You may find | :01:54. | :02:02. | |
some of the images in his report disturbing. | :02:02. | :02:05. | |
When William Crom Castle was involved in a serious road accident | :02:05. | :02:10. | |
last summer, his family feared the worst. He was a passenger in the | :02:10. | :02:16. | |
car being driven on a rural road in east Yorkshire. We think he must | :02:16. | :02:22. | |
have been going too fast and just lost control. He ended up being | :02:22. | :02:29. | |
thrown out of the car. A doctor and a nurse came mint and just got | :02:29. | :02:33. | |
straight to the point, if they said the early reports from the scene of | :02:33. | :02:37. | |
the accident was that he was unlikely to arrive alive from | :02:38. | :02:43. | |
hospital. William was airlifted to hospital where he remained in, for | :02:43. | :02:47. | |
three days. The driver of the cart was initially charged with | :02:47. | :02:51. | |
dangerous driving but later admitted a lesser charge of | :02:51. | :02:58. | |
careless driving. He received a 12 months ban. I think there should be | :02:58. | :03:03. | |
tougher penalties throughout. Careless driving, dangerous driving, | :03:03. | :03:08. | |
it is ambiguous. The true cost of a car accident is the end result, | :03:08. | :03:14. | |
what happens to the victim. Road safety campaigners have long argued | :03:14. | :03:18. | |
that dangerous drivers who cause serious injury should face tougher | :03:18. | :03:22. | |
penalties and today they Hull MP Carl Turner urged the Prime | :03:22. | :03:27. | |
Minister to support his bid to introduce longer sentences. I do | :03:27. | :03:30. | |
believe there is a problem when you have got a high sentence for | :03:30. | :03:34. | |
causing death by dangerous driving but just a two-year sentence when | :03:35. | :03:40. | |
in this case, someone was really permanently damaged and yet the | :03:40. | :03:46. | |
maximum sentences was for two years. Many accidents are not clear cut | :03:46. | :03:51. | |
and driver error is not always to blame, but the families of car- | :03:51. | :03:54. | |
crash victims what a tougher deterrent for those whose reckless | :03:55. | :04:03. | |
actions at the free world calls a lifetime of pain. -- at the wheel. | :04:03. | :04:05. | |
I spoke to Hull East MP, Karl Turner, about his bill a short time | :04:05. | :04:11. | |
ago and asked him exactly what makes driving "dangerous". | :04:11. | :04:17. | |
Dangerous driving is when the standard of driving falls far below | :04:17. | :04:22. | |
the standard of a reasonable, competent driver. You say on your | :04:22. | :04:25. | |
website you want lunatic drivers to be locked up for longer. But many | :04:25. | :04:30. | |
of those involved in an accident are not lunatic. That is not | :04:30. | :04:35. | |
correct, people who drive badly are normally driving carelessly. That | :04:35. | :04:44. | |
is different to dangerous driving whereas people are going at high | :04:44. | :04:49. | |
speed, going the wrong way down a dual carriageway, and generally | :04:49. | :04:54. | |
risking their own life and that of other people. The Association of | :04:54. | :04:57. | |
British drivers said it is not the drivers for should take the blame | :04:57. | :05:01. | |
for the accidents but the inadequate road safety policies. | :05:02. | :05:06. | |
disagreed with that entirely. That association have recently contacted | :05:06. | :05:10. | |
me to say that they support this idea provided we're not talking | :05:10. | :05:14. | |
about careless driving. It has to be about dangerous driving and that | :05:14. | :05:20. | |
is what my Bill seeks to do. They also said to as a former lawyer and | :05:20. | :05:25. | |
a politician, do you actually have the expertise and knowledge on road | :05:25. | :05:31. | |
safety to make this noise? thinker to have the expertise. I | :05:31. | :05:36. | |
represent constituents and have had constituents coming to me, who has | :05:36. | :05:42. | |
been victims of dangerous driving. When you speak to the victims, | :05:42. | :05:45. | |
people tend to agree that the law is completely inadequate in | :05:45. | :05:50. | |
relation to this. If you kill someone by driving dangerously, it | :05:50. | :05:55. | |
you potentially get 14 years in prison. If you almost kill them, | :05:55. | :06:02. | |
paralyse them for example, you get a matter of months in prison. | :06:02. | :06:06. | |
There's a massive disparity in the lock and it needs to be filled, in | :06:06. | :06:10. | |
my opinion. I'm pleased that the Prime Minister is now saying that | :06:10. | :06:17. | |
the government will look at this. Should the law be changed to make | :06:17. | :06:20. | |
sentences tougher for dangerous drivers? Should there even be a | :06:20. | :06:23. | |
difference between "dangerous" and "careless" driving? Perhaps you | :06:23. | :06:26. | |
feel anyone who is involved in an accident should receive the same | :06:26. | :06:36. | |
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I look forward to hearing from you. In a moment, the �500 million | :06:50. | :06:52. | |
needed to rebuild and upgrade school buildings like this in East | :06:52. | :06:56. | |
Yorkshire. A Lincolnshire farmer has told Look | :06:56. | :07:00. | |
North he feared for his life when an arsonist firebombed his home. | :07:01. | :07:03. | |
An attacker, wielding a hammer and wearing a balaclava, started the | :07:03. | :07:07. | |
fire early yesterday morning. The farm, near Market Rasen, breeds | :07:07. | :07:11. | |
animals for medical testing. A van was also burnt out during the | :07:11. | :07:14. | |
attack. Police have started a nationwide search for the arsonist, | :07:14. | :07:22. | |
who they think could be an animal rights protester. | :07:22. | :07:26. | |
There has been incidents here before as a result of how the farm | :07:26. | :07:32. | |
makes its living, breeding animals used in medical research. We | :07:32. | :07:35. | |
believe this attack is motivated because of that. But whatever you | :07:35. | :07:42. | |
believe, to put people's lives in danger, it is not acceptable. | :07:42. | :07:45. | |
Meanwhile, a woman whose house was set on fire while she slept has | :07:45. | :07:48. | |
spoken of how she's "terrified" to return home. Danielle Hewson and | :07:49. | :07:51. | |
her boyfriend had to be rescued after a sofa and rubbish was set on | :07:51. | :07:56. | |
fire, right outside their front door. It left them trapped in their | :07:56. | :08:01. | |
Hull flat. Siobhan Robbins has been to meet | :08:01. | :08:11. | |
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Danielle, and has this report. This is our front door. This is the | :08:14. | :08:19. | |
sole fault,. Melted and charred remains - visual reminders of the | :08:19. | :08:22. | |
weekend's fire. Danielle and her partner escaped without any major | :08:22. | :08:32. | |
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injuries. But the fire has left its mark in other ways. I cannot get | :08:35. | :08:40. | |
any sleep, I'm hardly eating. sofa the arsonist set alight is now | :08:40. | :08:43. | |
just a heap of springs. The flames blocked the door, leaving them | :08:43. | :08:53. | |
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helplessly waiting for the fire The damage and the potential danger | :09:07. | :09:13. | |
is clear. This electricity box is completely burnt out. But Danielle | :09:13. | :09:19. | |
managed to escape unhurt. But others on the estate say that our | :09:19. | :09:28. | |
son is a real worry. Laura Coleson has also been awoken by fire. | :09:28. | :09:37. | |
can be worrying because I was in bed when that happened. There is no | :09:37. | :09:42. | |
need for arson. Anyone who thinks it is a bit of fun or it is | :09:42. | :09:46. | |
harmless, is wrong. No-one has been arrested over this fire and it | :09:46. | :09:54. | |
still not clear why it was started. If someone has set it alight to get | :09:54. | :09:59. | |
at Bass, they can always do it again, so it is scary. So while | :09:59. | :10:01. | |
police search for the culprits, Danielle is petrified of returning | :10:01. | :10:05. | |
home. Police are investigating a sexual | :10:05. | :10:10. | |
assault on a teenager in Grimsby last night. It's alleged the 16- | :10:10. | :10:12. | |
year-old was attacked on a path between Laceby Road and the | :10:12. | :10:17. | |
Nunsthorpe estate. It happened at around midnight. | :10:17. | :10:19. | |
The population of migrant workers in Boston remains high, despite the | :10:19. | :10:23. | |
recession, a new report shows. Last year 20 percent fewer overseas | :10:23. | :10:25. | |
workers registered for National Insurance in Lincolnshire, compared | :10:25. | :10:30. | |
with three years ago. But the number in Boston went up. | :10:30. | :10:32. | |
First Hull Train passengers have suffered disruption again today, as | :10:32. | :10:35. | |
more services to and from London were cancelled. The company blamed | :10:35. | :10:39. | |
engine failure for the problems over the last 48 hours. Business | :10:39. | :10:47. | |
leaders in Hull say they hope the issue can be resolved quickly. | :10:47. | :10:50. | |
I think if this continued for a long period of time then businesses | :10:50. | :10:55. | |
would think again about using it. But I think they're doing | :10:55. | :10:59. | |
everything they can to make it a reliable service. | :10:59. | :11:02. | |
It's being claimed the amount of money needed to rebuild and improve | :11:02. | :11:05. | |
schools in East Yorkshire runs into half a billion pounds. It comes as | :11:05. | :11:07. | |
a review is ordered into the state of primary and secondary schools | :11:07. | :11:11. | |
across the county. Labour launched "Building Schools for the Future" | :11:11. | :11:15. | |
in 2004. It had the aim of rebuilding secondary schools across | :11:15. | :11:24. | |
the country. It would have cost �55 billion. But last year that funding | :11:24. | :11:26. | |
was cut by the Coalition. Now, council leaders say their schools | :11:26. | :11:34. | |
are falling into disrepair. Phil Connell has more. | :11:34. | :11:38. | |
1 East Yorkshire school inspectors have declared unfit for purpose. | :11:38. | :11:44. | |
Hornsea School had been in line to benefit for -- from the building | :11:44. | :11:49. | |
schools from the future fund but it was scrapped last year. Since then | :11:49. | :11:55. | |
the school has been left in limbo. It does not look any different from | :11:55. | :12:01. | |
when I was there and that was some time ago. During the floods and in | :12:01. | :12:04. | |
climate whether it that we have, often at the school has to close | :12:04. | :12:11. | |
certain areas. East Yorkshire has 18 secondary-school as and all are | :12:11. | :12:16. | |
experiencing similar problems. Nine of those need rebuilding and the | :12:16. | :12:22. | |
remainder need varying degrees of refurbishment. It is actually | :12:22. | :12:28. | |
ambition, that is something I feel we should hold on to. We need | :12:28. | :12:32. | |
decent school environments to support teachers to teach and young | :12:32. | :12:37. | |
people to learn. Most years this school spends around �65,000 on | :12:37. | :12:43. | |
things like books, paint and sports equipment. But last year at �65,000 | :12:43. | :12:48. | |
was spent on patching up the leaking roof. According to the head | :12:48. | :12:54. | |
teacher it is a case of robbing Peter to pay Paul. The councillor | :12:54. | :12:58. | |
with responsibility for the young people of the county fields east | :12:58. | :13:01. | |
Yorkshire has been treated unfairly and has ordered a review to assess | :13:01. | :13:06. | |
the problem and launched a plan of action. Neighbouring of authorities | :13:06. | :13:11. | |
she says received more than �400 million prior to the funding being | :13:11. | :13:17. | |
scrapped. We are badly treated in the East Riding and we need to say | :13:17. | :13:22. | |
that it is not good enough and we want more for pupils in the East | :13:22. | :13:25. | |
Riding. The council says it could take 20 years to get the schools up | :13:25. | :13:30. | |
to scratch. In the meantime it seems the only option is to mend | :13:30. | :13:40. | |
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and make do. Still to come tonight: Pressure | :13:42. | :13:46. | |
increases on the News of the World. Alan Johnson and John Prescott | :13:46. | :13:52. | |
demand action over phone hacking. Fans of people have come to Barton. | :13:52. | :13:57. | |
The town has well and surely been taken over. Join me later to find | :13:57. | :14:07. | |
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out why Barton bike night is so Don't forget to send us in your | :14:16. | :14:19. | |
pictures. Good evening, a young man. How are | :14:19. | :14:23. | |
you? All the better for reading this | :14:23. | :14:32. | |
text. I you are unable to spell out, "I | :14:32. | :14:38. | |
can't sleep"? That is laughing at my lack of | :14:38. | :14:48. | |
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For the next 24 hours, sunny intervals and scattered showers. | :14:51. | :14:54. | |
Low pressure is dominating which is not what we want at this time of | :14:54. | :15:04. | |
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year. There have been some it sharp showers today. One or two are still | :15:04. | :15:11. | |
left but there is a window of fine weather. Down to the south-west, | :15:11. | :15:17. | |
there is another area of rain which rapidly approaches. Some sunshine | :15:17. | :15:21. | |
and isolated showers in the next couple of hours and then late in | :15:21. | :15:26. | |
the evening, rain will spread from the south-west. It will clear up | :15:26. | :15:36. | |
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quickly, followed by one or two An unsettled day. One or two heavy | :15:48. | :15:53. | |
showers with the risk of thunder tomorrow. Some dryer or brighter | :15:53. | :15:59. | |
spells in between. The breeze is coming from the south. It will not | :15:59. | :16:09. | |
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One or two of the showers will be heavy and the theme continues | :16:13. | :16:21. | |
through to Thursday and Friday. The weekend, some sunshine but showers | :16:21. | :16:31. | |
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I am sure it will Clear. I am just about to tweet. I can spell | :16:36. | :16:42. | |
"hideous tablecloth" by the way. What about insomnia. | :16:42. | :16:48. | |
A Hull MP Alan Johnson has criticised the Metropolitan Police | :16:48. | :16:52. | |
for being evasive and lethargic in pursuing the original claims into | :16:52. | :16:56. | |
phone hacking. He says he is supporting a public inquiry into | :16:56. | :17:00. | |
phone hacking at the News of the World even though he acknowledges | :17:00. | :17:07. | |
it could be awkward for him. When I was Home Secretary, both I and my | :17:07. | :17:11. | |
policing Minister was sure that all the evidence had been looked at and | :17:11. | :17:16. | |
those who had been hacked had been informed. What we know now is that | :17:16. | :17:23. | |
the evidence was there from the inquiry five and six years ago. The | :17:23. | :17:30. | |
evidence into the hacking in these terrible cases. Lord Prescott is | :17:30. | :17:34. | |
the former Hull MP and former deputy Prime Minister and himself a | :17:34. | :17:44. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds | :17:44. | :18:37. | |
victim of phone hacking by the News I'm told by influential lawyers | :18:37. | :18:41. | |
that there is a part of the legislation that can allow you to | :18:41. | :18:46. | |
have an investigation under such circumstances whilst criminal | :18:46. | :18:51. | |
investigations are under way. I will look into that. You have urged | :18:51. | :18:55. | |
people to boycott News of the World at the weekend. But the owners said | :18:55. | :19:00. | |
in a statement they have already made an unreserved apology. That | :19:01. | :19:08. | |
was years later. Perhaps the News of the World have also apologised. | :19:08. | :19:14. | |
But as each case comes out, they make an apology. But all this | :19:14. | :19:19. | |
evidence was there and they did not give it to the police. Are you | :19:19. | :19:23. | |
saying people should forecourt the newspaper? And just saying if they | :19:23. | :19:30. | |
want to express their view that way, I would agree with them. Do you | :19:30. | :19:34. | |
remember the Hillsborough disaster in Sheffield when the editor of the | :19:34. | :19:38. | |
Sun made some terrible remarks about the Liverpool people for | :19:39. | :19:42. | |
which she had to apologise. In that case they boycotted the newspaper | :19:42. | :19:47. | |
and there was quite a collapse and even today far less people purchase | :19:47. | :19:52. | |
the sun. But if advertisers are prepared to show their disgust I | :19:53. | :19:56. | |
think that individuals might want to make their individual protest | :19:56. | :20:02. | |
and not by it. I have never believed anything that is in the | :20:02. | :20:08. | |
News of the world so I do not buy it myself. | :20:08. | :20:18. | |
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Lord Prescott talking to me earlier. Contact us to let us know what you | :20:19. | :20:28. | |
think about that. Thank you for all responses on the story about the | :20:28. | :20:35. | |
putting on an opera because a gay character it uses the word, queer. | :20:35. | :20:40. | |
The writers say they are continuing to talk to the school about how to | :20:40. | :20:44. | |
resolve the issue. The head said she decided to cancel the | :20:44. | :20:48. | |
performance because she thought the word was not appropriate and would | :20:48. | :20:53. | |
not want children are using it in the playground. We were clear that | :20:53. | :20:58. | |
we were fine about having a gay character in the play but it was | :20:58. | :21:04. | |
about the language that he used. At no stage was it ever suggested that | :21:04. | :21:14. | |
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Lizzie Simmonds say she is not expecting to win a medal at the | :21:48. | :21:51. | |
World Championships at the end of the month but admits it would be a | :21:51. | :21:58. | |
bonus. She said she is on track for London 2012 after call of the -- | :21:58. | :22:03. | |
qualifying for the world of late in Shanghai. It is the last major it | :22:03. | :22:09. | |
event before the Olympics. I have no expectations. I just want to | :22:09. | :22:15. | |
enjoy my slimming. I know I am in good shape -- slimming. I want to | :22:15. | :22:21. | |
give it everything and that is all I can ask for. | :22:21. | :22:26. | |
Fingers crossed. Around 15,000 visitors have begun | :22:26. | :22:30. | |
arriving at the market town of Barton for the annual bike night. | :22:30. | :22:34. | |
It is one of the biggest events of its kind in the country and Joe | :22:34. | :22:40. | |
Makel is they tonight. What does it mean for the town? | :22:40. | :22:47. | |
Well, as you can see, Peter, it creates a huge buzz. There are | :22:47. | :22:52. | |
thousands here already. They all come to enjoy the fun that is | :22:52. | :22:57. | |
around these bikes. It also creates a big economic spin-off because the | :22:57. | :23:02. | |
town reckons it makes over �100,000 for local businesses and that is | :23:02. | :23:07. | |
partly why locals embrace this event every year even though it | :23:07. | :23:13. | |
completely takes over. Barton, a small market town nestled | :23:13. | :23:23. | |
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on the Humber bank but once a year But and bike night is in its 15th | :23:32. | :23:38. | |
year and attracts thousands to the town. I was up before six this | :23:38. | :23:43. | |
morning. I was putting the barriers across. Then we go around the town | :23:43. | :23:49. | |
setting up the road closure signs. It has taken weeks and months of | :23:49. | :23:55. | |
preparation but local people embrace it. It also brings in over | :23:55. | :24:02. | |
�100,000 to the town. It is very busy. It is a marvellous thing. | :24:03. | :24:08. | |
Anything for Barton is good. brings as messing -- revenue and | :24:08. | :24:14. | |
that is the main thing. Love it! With just as many families as bike | :24:15. | :24:20. | |
is coming tonight, there is a lot to delight the crowds. It gets | :24:20. | :24:26. | |
people who haven't been involved in trying thinking that it is a good | :24:26. | :24:31. | |
sport. We came last year for the first time and we were staggered by | :24:31. | :24:40. | |
the numbers. It was full of people interested in buying a bike. They | :24:40. | :24:46. | |
are normally a chilled out crew who enjoy a chat and a meet. It brings | :24:46. | :24:52. | |
over a good image for bikers. They have had a rough deal. Whether you | :24:52. | :24:57. | |
like your bike customised or classic, a scooter what a super, | :24:57. | :25:02. | |
there is something in Barton for you tonight. I'm joined by the man | :25:02. | :25:08. | |
who has made this possible, Barry, how many people have you got here | :25:08. | :25:16. | |
tonight? About time -- 10,000 in the town I think and more on the | :25:16. | :25:21. | |
perimeters. Close to 15,000. Doesn't this -- does this make it | :25:21. | :25:29. | |
the biggest one ever? I think it is, yes. What makes it a special event? | :25:29. | :25:35. | |
A good question. It is popular with all the people. They come to see | :25:35. | :25:40. | |
that bikes and the great party atmosphere. It has become a family | :25:40. | :25:48. | |
event as well, hasn't it? Yes we have as many bikers as none bikers. | :25:49. | :25:54. | |
Are you thinking about next year already? We will have a rest and | :25:54. | :26:00. | |
aside from there. Thank you and enjoy the evening. This does on | :26:00. | :26:06. | |
until 10 o'clock this evening. From me, it is back to you. | :26:06. | :26:11. | |
Let's have a recap of the main national and regional headlines: A | :26:11. | :26:16. | |
public inquiry is promised into the News of the of world's phone | :26:16. | :26:24. | |
hacking scandal as Rupert Murdoch's says the allegations are deplorable. | :26:24. | :26:34. | |
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Plans for tougher penalties for The response coming in on the | :26:37. | :26:42. | |
subject of dangerous driving. Daniel says that careless driving | :26:42. | :26:49. | |
is dangerous. This is from Josh who says they are | :26:49. | :26:53. | |
both the same. If you commit an offence on the road, he says, | :26:53. | :26:58. | |
people should pay whether it is dangerous or careless. | :26:58. | :27:02. | |
Another, I don't think seven years is enough and I am sick of seeing | :27:02. | :27:07. | |
people using mobiles when driving. What happened with that law? | :27:07. | :27:12. | |
Another, two years seems enough for careless driving. | :27:12. | :27:17. | |
Drivers not looking out for cyclists is dangers and careless. | :27:17. | :27:21. | |
Another says if you are driving carelessly it makes it dangerous so | :27:21. | :27:27. | |
the sentencing should be the same. Tougher sentences should be given | :27:27. | :27:30. |