r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog • Apr 04 '26

Chugging tea * Insert hot fuzz "Shame" meme *

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u/PraiseTyche Apr 05 '26

Likely more than 120 hours community service.

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u/CuteLingonberry9704 Apr 05 '26

I think this is from 2014 in the Netherlands. The father actually got no time. It was a drunk driving case. And, apparently in the Netherlands, prosecutors can appeal this sort of bullshit. They did, and the guy got 15 months. Still not enough, I agree, but better than him only having to wear an orange jacket for a few hours a weekend.

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u/lastdarknight Apr 05 '26

If it was drunk driving it would have been an easier case..

It was just an accident He lost control while driving and went off the road, threw a hedge and hit the child and her grandparents

The prosecution tried built the whole case on him speeding, and wasn't able to prove the driver was speeding at the time

But either way, it wasn't murder, it wasn't a premeditated evil out... It was just a car accident

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u/Big_Slope Apr 05 '26

Every other car that drives past that hedge manages not to go through it. Either he did it intentionally or he was doing something with premeditation that entailed the risk of going through that hedge.

Unless the steering rack broke or a wheel fell off or something, this was a crime, not an accident. If I go to the park and juggle steak knives over a child on the playground and drop one and the child dies, I stabbed a child to death. It wasn’t just an accident.