Yup, it's a shocker.

Looks like if you're privileged enough, you walk as jail would harm your prospects

Really interested to hear what Newsnight have to say about this one.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

It's an interesting case. She is obviously highly intelligent and skilled, training from be a heat surgeon with the highest ever grades at Cambridge.

She is a lady who will be saving lives with these skills in the future and there is an arguement to say there is no benefit to society in locking her up and preventing her from doing so.

The prison system is there to rehabilitate, it seems she was very remorseful and I'm sure it's given her enough of a scare to stop it from happening again. She has a lot more to offer to society than your average thug in these situations.

I'm not saying the decision is right as I'm not sure where I stand on it, but I don't think it's as cut and dry as others.

“she can’t even go to a nightclub in London, she’s so recognisable” - poor love. Whilst awaiting sentence, Woodward then returned home to her mother’s villa in Milan. And despite breaching her bail conditions by texting her victim, Woodward was praised by Judge Pringle for confessing her “guilt” and “deep sorrow” for her actions. "Although it was against your bail conditions, you contacted your partner to fully confess your guilt and your deep sorrow for what happened,” he continued. Apparently she has "unique vulnerability, remorse and good character". Judge said: "You had an immaturity about you which was not commensurate for someone of your age. Reports from the experts make clear you suffer from an emotionally unstable personality disorder, a severe eating disorder and alcohol drug dependence." [So it's forgiveable that you then stab someone].
A poster says she is training to be a heart surgeon - I'll have to make a note of her name just in case I need such surgery and she is fobbed off on me.

We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. [Orwell]

I guess it's just as well it was a bread knife - I doubt much damage was inflicted.

Not in my view, mate done a spell away for much less, assault with a weapon should be a mandatory jail term in my view.