Drone_pilot
09-09-05, 19:56
A soldier who beat up a taxi driver has been spared a prison sentence so he can go and serve in Iraq.
A judge in Carlisle told Pte Steven Harrison that even though he deserved to be locked up, the country was better served by him travelling to Basra.
Instead, 19-year-old Harrison, from Lingmoor Way in Carlisle, was fined a total of £2,150 and made to pay £1,750 in costs and compensation.
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/4229932.stm)
A judge in Carlisle told Pte Steven Harrison that even though he deserved to be locked up, the country was better served by him travelling to Basra.
Instead, 19-year-old Harrison, from Lingmoor Way in Carlisle, was fined a total of £2,150 and made to pay £1,750 in costs and compensation.
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/4229932.stm)