When barrister Bruce Hyman was jailed for a year for framing a father fighting for custody of his children in the family law courts, there was rightly consternation that this was not long enough. This was compounded by Hyman seeking the cost of £11,000 to be made against the father.
The fact that Hyman thought he could get away with it was no surprise because fathers are hardly ever believed in the shadowy secret unaccountable Stalinist family court system (link).
However, it was revealed in the Ham & High newspaper that Hyman is already free and only had to serve two months of his 12 month sentence (link).
Even in this day and age where people only serve half of their sentence, only serving 1/6th is a scandal.
No justice at all for the father and it shows that the legal system did not take his crime that seriously. Of course, it is because fathers are the whipping boys, who cares about justice for them.
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