IN JANUARY, TRUCK DRIVER Fabian Greco pled guilty to assaulting another motorist, dislocating his jaw and leaving him unable to work for weeks. The judge was minded to send him to prison for 18 weeks, but imposed a suspended sentence instead because the government had asked judges to “relieve the pressure on the prison estates” because “the prisons are full”.
The government denied having issued such guidance, a stance rather belied by its activation of contingency plans to lock up sentenced prisoners in