(06 Oct 2016, 8:06 pm)BusLoverMum wrote Why? Did someone hold a gun to his head and force him to drink drive. He could easily have ruined someone else's life.
Of course he could have done. That's why I said I didn't condone it.
What I am saying, is that in the circumstances (a victim of domestic violence), a little bit more compassion may have been shown by the magistrate.
I am aware of a number of other cases, where the punishment has been a lot less - despite injury and death being caused by the driver.
One mistake made in a pretty difficult period of his life, has cost him his career.