Originally Posted by timrud

Your gripe here is with the courts sentencing guidelines.

Compensation is means tested, he will be a unemployed bum with no money I bet. Doesn't your insurance cover you?? Did the police send you a request for compensation form (think it's called MG19)? What did you put on that form?

As far as 80 hours community service, although there are a number of factors that go into the mixing bowl in coming to that decision, it seems a level of punishment I would expect. I feel an appeal would fall on deaf ears, and/or be a costly exercise.

What I'm saying is nothing seems out of order here really, and I have some quite considerable knowledge on this

If you were lead to believe the Magistrates' would be awarding full compensation, then it is not really their role. You should persue the matter through civil courts perhaps instead of apealing. You could use the evidence of the criminal case to proove the matter and they could make him pay.

See a solicitor, all is not lost I believe