'He left them for dead': Michael Radford jailed for killing Kerry Ockelton in east Hull hit-and-run

“when he gets out in 3 yrs half his sentence i no ppl wont forget
i am friends with her brother this has destroyed a family condolences to the family pay backs a ***** !!!”

“No, thesnooper - that's called a lynching, and not really the sort of vigilante action we'd like to see on our streets - or it could be your neck in the noose next time for something stupid that you did or did not do.”

“all thats needed is a rope with a noose and some gallows = justice”

“Kinnison it is true that the actual speed is probably a best guess and they do have some sophticated ways of working out. The point I failed to make is that reporters like to sensationalise their stories including facts that make the position worse and failing to mention those that do the opposite.In this case they have mentioned her travelled at speeds of up to 80mph. I don´t know if there was an estimated speed at the accident but if there was it has not been reported. The impression given is that the accident occurred at a high speed. Successive governments have attempted to changed the laws to try and make the sentence fit the crime and they have all failed. I have no sympathy with those who get in a car while unfit through drink or drugs or those that drive at high speed in built up areas. I do though have some sympathy with those that kill as a result of careless errors. Some crimes deserve a longer sentence including this one. It was interesting to read in another story that the Judge felt his hands were tied in a different case and wanted a longer maximum sentence.”

“Valenian - you are correct in almost everything you said - the judge does have to apply guidelines - and he can't control them.
I'd disagree with you on the speed the assailant was going at the time of the incident - that surely can't be known, only guessed at.
And surely the main point here is that this government aren't willing to pay for more prisons - indeed they're doing the opposite and reducing prison places - so the judges have no option but to reduce prison sentences or change them altogether to community sentences. That is the absolute fact.”

“"Radford has been banned from driving for five years and has been ordered to take an extended retest before getting back behind the wheel."

That he can even be considered to be a driver again in the future is beyond understanding.”

“These types of cases are perhaps some of the most emotive to appear in our courts and attract the most comments in these columns. I agree that 6 years on the face of it appears lenient and I know despite what one person has written that Judge Mettyear is no soft touch. Many write of ignorance of how the system works. A Judge when sentencing has to adhere to sentencing guidelines which are passed down by our most senior Judges. They have to apply the facts to those guidelines and they have the true facts to hand for example what speed was he doing when the accident occurred? This report states up to 80mph but the Judge will know the actual speed. He is given a starting point from which he can go up and down depending on the circumstances. The starting point for this type of offence is 4 years possibly 5 depending on factors not included in this report. It shows what the Judge thought if he increased the starting point by 50%. There would be no point giving a sentence that would just be overturned in the Court of Appeal. If you believe that this was lenient as I do it is because the guidelines are lenient which is not the fault of this Judge. I have no sympathy for the defendant live will not be easy for him nor should it be. My sympathy is with the family of the deceased. Today is Mothers day and perhaps we should give a little though for the Mother who will not receive a gift today and the family who grieve her.”

“Hitting any one at any speed isnt good but to leave the scene as well is adding insult to injury,even if he wasnt doing 80mph he was still going fast enough to leave some one dead at the side of the road and another seriousley injured. Wether he was over the legal limit or not the fact he left two people to die should of warrented a longer sentence, the simple fact is he did wrong in such a bad way but tried to get away with it. Not matter what any one thinks their is one lady dead and her daughter injured, that family will suffer the thoughts of such an avoidable tragedy whilst radford does his time (and proberbly only three years of it ) then rejoins society,he should at least serve the full six years. The trouble is i feel this type of thing will continue amongst the young (and older)as they see drink driving as acceptable.It will all ways be the family left behind on both sides to pick up the pieces of such an ordeal ,one family coming to terms with the death and the other the after math of a family member causing such a tragedy either way both families suffer, hopefully some lessons will be learnt by this very sorry incident.”

“R.I.P to the lady in question, condolences to the family. They shouldn't allow comments under articles like this, it just brings out all the low-life venting trolls who bring shame on the area with their stupidity”

“THE JUDGE SHOULD BE LOCKED UP”