First, a bloke crashes at 100MPH on the M5 while drink driving and only gets banned for 6 months plus a 12-month community order and ordered to take an advanced test.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2335075/Engineer-100mph-crash-spared-jail-claiming-sleep-driving.html

 Then we have a bloke fined £28,000 for cutting down a tree. (He owned the tree!).

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/10095375/Businessman-fined-28000-for-felling-protected-yew-tree.html