I read in The Weekend Sun (April 11), that the man whose vehicle caused the death of one innocent person and injured a second innocent person on the Maungatapu Bridge in August last year was not sentenced to imprisonment.

Only the brave rescue by an off-duty police officer saved this event from being a double fatality. Mr Crisp has committed an extremely serious offence and the sentence imposed by the Court in my view is completely inappropriate. But when comparing it to other sentences imposed by the Courts in New Zealand, it comes as no surprise. What about the other offences committed by Mr Crisp?

They included, possession of cannabis for supply and possession of cannabis seeds and utensils.

The $49,000 the Court has ordered to be paid to the victims will never compensate for the loss of a life.

The offender wasn't even given a slap on the wrist with a wet bus ticket.

K Goddard, Omokoroa.