Mark<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> Pensioner, 82, convicted of unpaid car tax while in hospital for toe amputation</p><p>When prosecuted in scandal-hit <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SingleJusticeProcedure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleJusticeProcedure</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/secretive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>secretive</span></a> court, octogenarian wrote in to explain his medical woes, with copy of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/hospital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hospital</span></a> record</p><p>Not enough to avoid <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/conviction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conviction</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Elderly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elderly</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/vulnerable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vulnerable</span></a> are regularly harshly convicted over unpaid household bills a system dogged by <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/scandals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scandals</span></a> where <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/magistrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>magistrates</span></a> sit in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/private" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>private</span></a> dealing with low-level criminal cases</p><p><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/pensioner-82-convicted-of-not-paying-car-tax-while-in-hospital-having-toe-amputated/ar-AA1JmE6c" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/pens</span><span class="invisible">ioner-82-convicted-of-not-paying-car-tax-while-in-hospital-having-toe-amputated/ar-AA1JmE6c</span></a></p>