Posted on 06/16/2015 12:54:43 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A lawyer for unemployed Linda Jenns, 49, told a court she might not survive a prison sentence for causing the death of Paul Stinton
A morbidly obese motorist who caused the death of a jogger claims she is too fat to be jailed.
Unemployed Linda Ann Jenns, 49, knocked down Paul Stinton, 45, in her white Ford Kuga after jumping a red light.
A jury found her guilty of causing the death of Mr Stinton, of Ashford, Kent, by dangerous driving after three days of deliberation.
But her barrister Ian Bridge pleaded with the judge at Canterbury Crown Court not to jail "morbidly obese" Jenns - because she wouldn't be able to cope with life behind bars.
He said she had a stroke seven years ago and at the time of the crash was receiving treatment for her weight problem.
SWNSmotorist Linda Jenns at the crash sceneCase: A jury found her guilty of causing the death of Mr Stinton Mr Bridge said she had lost between five and six stone and was hoping for a gastric band to be fitted which would have increased her life expectancy quite dramatically.
He said: "As it is, she is grossly overweight, morbidly obese and since the incident has put on even more weight.
"She is a person for whom a prison sentence would be extraordinarily difficult and I don't think I exaggerate when I say she might not get through it."
Judge Heather Norton adjourned sentence for two weeks pending medical reports and granted Jenns bail.
But she warned Jenns, of Ashford, Kent, that she faced "an almost certain" jail sentence for the offence -and also gave her an interim driving ban.
SWNSCrash scene in Kent where Linda Jenns ran into Paul StintonHorror: She hit Mr Stinton after jumping a red light
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Is harpooning “Cruel and Unusual”?
Ford Kuga
Oh the irony, man jogging to stay fit gets killed by the definition of unfit
Laz? 8^)
She’ll lose weight in Arpaio’s prison
Did SHE hit the jogger or her car?
I don’t know, but she better changer her name to Caitlyn, if she wants to avoid trouble.
You would think going to prison would almost guarantee her to lose weight....
Anybody that big had enablers to help her get that large and maintain that much weigh....
I think she is simply scared that food will no longer control her life...
Hey Linda - Don’t think of it as prison. Think of it as Fat Camp. Maybe you can lose 100 lbs in prison.
If she can fit her fat ass behind the steering wheel of a Kuga, she can surely fit in an 8 by 10 jail cell.
2015 Ford Cougar.....or as they say in England “Kuga”
The U.S. Constitution does not apply in the UK. Hanging would be problematic. The length of the drop depends on the weight of the convict. You want to break the neck to assure a quick and relatively painless death, while not enough of a jerk to decapitate. (It's happened with fat convicts.) I think you'd need a one inch steel cable (tensile strength: 100,000 pounds/square inch) in any case. I'm not sure her neck could support her mass, even as a static load.
“2015 Ford Cougar.....or as they say in England “Kuga””
Actually it is a rebadged Mazda CX-7
Mazda is how you say Ford in Japanese
It’s the current generation Ford Escape with a different nametag. The older generation Ford Escape was a rebadged Mazda Tribute.
if she’s too fat for prison then the only option is to execute her. She killed a man. she has to pay.
Yup. Finding a prison jumpsuit that fits may be a challenge, though.
We’ve heard of the LeFave Defense (I’n Too Beautiful To Go To Jail)
We’ve heard of the Hinckley Defense (Not Guilty Because Insane)
We’ve even heard of the Chewbacca Defense (This Does Not Make Sense!)
Now comes the Obese Cow Defense (I’m Too Fat To Go To Jail!)
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