i disagree with this being too harsh, but do agree with the second point about wishing to see this type of punishment extended to the industrial villains, who will never see it, deserving this type of punishment.

From what I understand, they really fucked around the court and lied about it which is why the sentence is harsh. If they had just admitted it, they probably would have got a suspended sentence.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2dlr05rr1lo

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/anglian-water-fined-300-000-after-pollution-killed-5-000-fish

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/27/southern-water-fined-330000-for-stream-pollution-that-killed-2000-fish

https://www.watermagazine.co.uk/2023/01/19/anglian-water-fined-over-half-a-million-pounds-after-raw-sewage-discharge-killed-5000-fish-in-northamptonshire-river/

Not one CEO properly held accountable by the law (I could have listed another 30 different cases easily. Just searching polluted river and killed fish fined uk)

Nope. They're a pair of cunts that deserve longer and it's not a zero sum game. We can, and should, have be jailing both