Originally Posted by
parkfell
Henderson sentenced to 18 months, to be released on licence after 9 months which is on or about 11 August 2022.
The sentence wasn’t due to the crash & loss of life; it was due to lack of an AOC/illegal charter…it is suggested previously that the conviction/sentencing is not a deterrent to these unlawful flights.
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Robert Murgatroyd was sentenced in 2019 to 40 months for his illegal charter, as pilot who crash landed shortly after take-off from Barton with 3 passengers. Fortunately just comparatively minor injuries.
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I suspect that because this was a ‘first’ offence that’s why the sentence is less than we may have thought was likely. CPS/CAA probably had enough meat on the bone in the background for this prosecution to proceed.
I believe Murgatroyd had previous convictions hence a harsher sentence in his accident case as he hadn’t changed his ways.