I mean the woman's clearly not right suffering anxiety and prescription medicine addiction.  What's the use banging her up?

Erm well, it’s the law.  Disagree with the law but that’s how it is.

Also she was snaffling  his tablets so this wasn’t some random thing where she was in shock or whatever.  Presumably she’ll get the right help inside.

What a thoroughly depressing story.  Poor woman needs help, not prison...

A year inside for some antihistamine and sleeping tablets is strong sentencing though Teclis, whatever the legal justification for the charges...

That’s not what she got done for.

Preventing the lawful burial of a body is a tad more serious.

If you disagree with the law though you can challenge it - that's how the law evolves.

Well, sure but the OP asked how it merited it.  Well that answer isn’t hard, it was within the sentencing guidelines for that crime.

Maybe she’ll go for a JR or something, who knows.

It's not THE LAW that she had to get a year in jail, Judge Dredd.

YOU DENIED HIM A BURIAL WITHIN THE TIME PRRSCRIBED BY SOME PARTICULAR FLAVOUR OF SKY PIXIE! YOU MUST BURN!

Er

Who's the victim?

"Well, sure but the OP asked how it merited it.  Well that answer isn’t hard, it was within the sentencing guidelines for that crime."

Your "answer" is not actually an answer to the question.

Well first thing I’d compare and contrast would be that they are in two different legal jurisdictions....

That’s a pretty important technicality!

Agreed. It should have been an unconditional discharge. At most, 35 hours community service.

Cf "Pottsy" who disrupted the remembrance silence, arguably committing treason, and got a few weeks. Wtf? 

Could have been suspended. For a first offence. She’s hardly going to do it again. 

On the other hand they can now be sure she’ll get the treatment and attention that she needs