Do women get lighter sentences for burglary?

[Ulysses31]

I've literally just started this thread on a spur of the moment thing after reading the below story in my local paper. Anyone here who has been burgled will know what a distressing impact it can have on the victim, the loss of money and sentimental items, damage to your home, invasion of your personal space and the fear of knowing that someone may well have been watching/following you. The total indifference shown by the police to this sort of crime (especially here in the UK) is also upsetting. Anyway in the case why the hell do the two guys get locked up (not for long enough IMO) and the girl just gets a suspended sentence and has to wear an electronic tag? Admittedly I don't know the specifics of the case but from what I can tell they were all part of this gang together and they should all receive similar punishments, it shouldn't matter if maybe one was just a lookout whilst the others went into the property they are all part of a unit that could not function without all of them. I'm not trying to have a go at women but all I see here are 3 burglars all of whom should be locked up like anyone who has anything to do with burglary and I can only assume she got off because she was a woman from what I can tell in the article as she was convicted of burglary and was in the same car the other offenders were in when arrested.

WOODFORD BRIDGE: Burglar guilty of mini crime wave


A BURGLAR has been convicted following a spate of break-ins on a single night.

Hannah Williams, 19, of Crownhill Road in Woodford Bridge, was found guilty of burglary following four thefts in the Ilford area.

Police received reports of burglaries in Laing Close, Trehearn Road, and two in Dryden Close.

Some reports mentioned a Peugeot and officers stopped a vehicle matching the description given in Horns Road later the same evening, which was occupied by Williams and her two accomplices.

Officers searched the car and found stolen property from one of the raids in Dryden Close.

Williams was arrested along with Billy Sewell, 22, of New North Road in Ilford, and 19-year-old Johnny Hackett, of Lawrence Street in Canning Town.

Police searched Sewell and found keys for a stolen car and police later discovered the burglars had used another stolen car the same evening.

Williams was sentenced to 12 months in prison – suspended for 18 months – as well as 125 hours of unpaid work. She will also wear an electronic monitoring tag for four months.

Sewell was found guilty of burglary and jailed for 33 months, while Hackett was found guilty of the same charge and sentenced to 30 months in prison.

The raids all took place on July 16 last year.


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