[darkclouds]

Get real, this is the UK, in fact if you follow the progression of some of the key players, they are now manipulating politicians.

So once politicians learn to give the bird to the media headlights, you might start to see this country cleaned up, ironically I think Russell Brand can probably do more to clean up the media and their witch hunts than any member of the Royal Family or Govt.

Personally I think £600k is an insult!

[valdiorn]

Wait until you read about this guy

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/27/innocent-andrew-...

The maximum compensation you can get in the UK is around 1.1 million IIRC. They were going to deduct several hundred thousand pounds from that for "room and board" while he was in jail, leaving him with just over 700k

[psd1]

I don't think you read TFA, which anyway had a misleading title. He would not be charged for his prison costs. It appears to be a factor in determining compensation.

It looks to me like they are basing it on how much he would have earned had he been free to work, in which context you can see the logic of deducting costs he would have incurred. I find this callous and despicable, but the problem is related to determining the value of a human life - there isn't really an answer, yet guidance is needed for consistency between cases.

How would you approach it?

I think £2m should be enough for a reasonably comfortable retirement in most of the UK, and that over 10 years is enough of a person's liberty taken to warrant providing that.

Should someone get more if they were a high earner?

I'd like compensation to come out of the DPP budget, to align incentives properly, but starving that department might result in less justice instead of more.

[tentacleuno]

Russel Brand? Isn't his career practically over now, after the recent allegations?