Car thief's jail sentence cut.A THIEF who stole a paramedic's car on New Year's Eve and then tried to set it on fire won a cut in his jail term yesterday. Reginald Aitchison, of Hale Road, Widnes, pleaded guilty at Warrington Crown Court in August to aggravated ag·gra·vate tr.v. ag·gra·vat·ed, ag·gra·vat·ing, ag·gra·vates 1. To make worse or more troublesome. 2. To rouse to exasperation or anger; provoke. See Synonyms at annoy. vehicle taking and possessing a Class A drug. He was handed a total sentence of 12 months, but Appeal Court judges in London judges ruled that he received more than the maximum for the vehicle taking and reduced the sentence to nine months. Mr Justice Silber told the court that drug addict Any individual who habitually uses any narcotic drug so as to endanger the public morals, health, safety, or welfare, or who is so drawn to the use of such narcotic drugs as to have lost the power of self-control with reference to his or her drug use. Aitchinson, 28, had a string of previous convictions when he stole the car on December 31, 2003. |
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