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A man described as a “decent individual” has been handed a suspended prison sentence by a judge for driving into cyclist after a road rage argument.Asif Laher, 55, was driving through Bayswater, London in February 2022 in his silver Mercedes when he turned and cut across Wadea Taibi. A verbal altercation ensued, with Laher “aggressively” ... Read more

His lawyer also told the court Laher was “otherwise a very decent individual” whose business, an IT consultancy and distributor would become “unviable” if he received a custodial sentence.

“That would affect not just him but his employees as well […] his business is everything to him. It is everything to a lot of other people as well.”

So if you own a business in the UK you can basically commit any crime and go unpunished as being charged would affect your “employees”.

  • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caEnglish
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    4 months ago

    So if you own a business in the UK you can basically commit any crime and go unpunished as being charged would affect your “employees”.

    Once you start noticing the privilege afforded to business-havers over have-nots, you can’t unnotice it. It’s the same in Canada.

    Gee, I wonder how things would be if there was good safety net for unemployment and rights for employees to take ownership if the boss croaks (or goes to jail) with cheap gov’t loans.