Quote Originally Posted by Trickytreesreds View Post
I've always wondered about the softness of dutch law.

I remember a Dutch lorry driver, (jailed here for 12 years for drug smuggling), laughing because the home office had granted him the chance to go to a dutch jail and complete his sentence.
He had served 3.5 years here. Dutch courts would have given him a lot less and low and behold, he served 6 months in Holland and was released. He bragged that despite having his lorries seized etc, he had 7 million euros buried in a field in Holland.
Am I surprised at what Maddy is saying? Well no, not in the least.
I never did find that field