You Are the Judge!

[TinCow]

I don't see why they should look it up TinCow. Justice is blind, remember. Unless you mean that they have braille law books.

It's a pet peeve of mine. In any case I was looking at the wrong section with that previous post. Here is the proper section about sentencing guidelines, which gives the minimum at 5 years plus a fine. This is the bit that let the judge do what they wanted:

The court shall impose an appropriate custodial sentence (or order for detention) for a term of at least the required minimum term (with or without a fine) unless the court is of the opinion that there are exceptional circumstances relating to the offence or to the offender which justify its not doing so.

The point being that the law was followed in this case, because the law specifically allows a judge to go below the minimum term if they think it appropriate.