This guy needed helped not incarceration. Again our loopy laws are exposed for the complete joke they are.
And how exactly is this punishment supposed to a) Deter? and b) Rehabilitate?
My sympathies are with him and his family. I am not condoning his behaviour but believe this could have been dealt with in a way that didn't destroy his life whilst acting as a deterrent - a hefty fine, suspended sentence and an order to undertake rehabilitation come to mind.