Nigel Allcoat says he contributed 40 because court was at an impasse due to mounting charges imposed on man who could not work in the UK A senior justice of the peace who pulled £40 from his own shirt pocket to pay the court fine for a destitute asylum seeker has resigned his position,after being suspended by authorities for the satisfactory deed.
Professional organist Nigel Allcoat, a justice of the peace for 15 years, or said he was despairing at the mounting fines and costs being accrued by an asylum seeker at Leicester magistrates court.
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Source: theguardian.com