William F R Evans retweetledi

Another Tuesday in Bradford. Milad Panjshiri, 22, an Afghan asylum seeker, walks into a Morrisons with a six-inch knife. He taps it against his leg. Waves it at a female worker. Knocks over the wine shelves and starts stabbing tinned goods. Staff pull the fire alarm and evacuate weeping customers.
His grievance, apparently, is with King Charles.
Police arrive. Panjshiri is arrested. In court his lawyer pleads mental health, and notes that no member of the public was actually attacked, only the cans. The judge calls it "a very troubling offence." Panjshiri declines to attend his own sentencing. He gets 18 months and will be out in nine.
This is the settlement Britain has arrived at. A man the country did not invite brandishes a blade in a Yorkshire supermarket, screams about the King, and walks out with a sentence shorter than a car lease. Staff go back to work. Customers go home and explain to their kids why mum was crying. Panjshiri understood the arrangement best of all, which is why he could not be bothered to show up to court.
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