Wendy Lewis escapes jail

Earlier this month, I wrote of my concern that Wendy Lewis, who urinated on a war memorial in Blackpool, would receive a light punishment.

My suspicions have been validated.

Weeing Wendy received a fifteen week suspended sentence for her foul act, as well as a three week suspended sentence for kicking a PC who arrested her last night.

She was also ordered to complete a drug rehabilitation programme and pay £200 in costs and £50 in compensation to the PC.

It is good that Wendy Lewis is being made to go for treatment, but the sentence is ridiculous.

No class to educate her about the First and Second World Wars, despite the judge's comments that: "You don't remember the First World War and the Second World War. There are people in this room who do."

No long period of community service, which should have included making Wendy Lewis clean up the war memorial.

Ian Coleman,president of the Blackpool Royal British Legion, told the Daily Mail:"War memorials up and down the country are being desecrated.

"It seems the perpetrators just get a slap on the wrist and possibly stronger laws have to be implemented to have a deterrent to stop these people defiling this sacred ground...I wouldn't want to see anybody put in prison. But that memorial is sacrosanct and we do need a deterrent.