Her reaction may be understandable,but it was wrong – and sending a troubled man to prison is likely to develop his problems worseSo a woman judge is abused as “a bit of a cunt who should “fade fuck yourself” by a racist thug whom she has just jailed. She hits back that he too is “a bit of a cunt” and he too should fuck off. To adapt Oscar Wilde on the death of Little Nell, it would choose a heart of stone not to cheer.
Judge Patricia Lynch QC has duly become a hero to the retributive classes. Give these people a taste of their own medicine, and is the yell. Show them who is boss. Meanwhile,there are inevitable complaints to the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office. Is this an appropriate way to sentence a man to a year and half in prison? Is this how we expect our judges to act? Related: Complaints made after judge trades insults with defendant in court Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com