Law and Rights
It looks like this lady would have been better off if she had not offended at all - see Manchester Evening News.
I also liked the one about the burglar who left a mobile phone at the burgled property. As Bystander points out, he is now in "the Scrubs."
There are occasions when one wonders if the Police have lost all sense of proportion as appears to be the case with the use of the Police aircraft to catch an offending motorist - again see Manchester Evening News. Why not use a military style drone instead? See Daily Mail 23rd January.
Then we have the story of Cherie Blair QC who, so it is said, suspended a man's 6 month prison sentence for 2 years because he was "devout." His crime? Well, he broke a man's jaw. Technically speaking it looks like there were 2 assaults: one in a queue and one afterwards. I suspect that there would have been mitigation including the fact that the offender had "no previous." See The Times which reports - perhaps with a certain soupçon of schadenfreude, that Cherie is to face an investigation.
Finally, we see a certain amount of bizarre behind-the-scenes behaviour in connection with the appointment of the 12th Justice of the Supreme Court. The Times has covered this story and see Of Interest to Some Lawyers and Charon QC. This is an interesting story with the serious angle to it that the "powers that be" are far from getting this appointments process right.
- An Event At An Anti-fracking Protest
Here is a link to a report in the Manchester Evening News 21st February. The Independent Police Complaints Commission is to investigate the arrest of a man at an anti-fracking camp. Dr Steven Peers is planning to sue Greater Manchester...
- A Problematic Sentence: R V Bolton, Griffin And Marshall - Manchester Crown Court
Some sentences handed down by judges make people wonder just where the law is heading. Three men in Manchester have just received "Intensive Alternative to Custody" - (which is available in Greater Manchester) - sentences for an appalling crime. ...
- The Mark Berry ("bez") Case ....
From time to time various "celebrities" appear in the courts to stand trial for serious matters. Mark Berry - (of "Happy Mondays" and "Domino Bones fame") - has been before the magistrates' court at Manchester and has been sentenced to...
- Can This Be Right ....it Makes You Wonder ....
Police Officers in Manchester were ordered not to give chase to men who stole expensive motorcycles. Why? Because the thieves were not wearing helmets! See Manchester Evening News 16th August 2010. It makes you wonder ..... but see ACPO...
- What Happened In Wigan To A War Hero
The estimable Jack of Kent legal blog carries a post about What Happened to Lance Corporal Mark Aspinall in Wigan on a night out in July 2008. Jack of Kent has raised this because two of the officers have been acquitted by a jury at Manchester Crown...
Law and Rights
Is this the way to do it?
It looks like this lady would have been better off if she had not offended at all - see Manchester Evening News.
I also liked the one about the burglar who left a mobile phone at the burgled property. As Bystander points out, he is now in "the Scrubs."
There are occasions when one wonders if the Police have lost all sense of proportion as appears to be the case with the use of the Police aircraft to catch an offending motorist - again see Manchester Evening News. Why not use a military style drone instead? See Daily Mail 23rd January.
Then we have the story of Cherie Blair QC who, so it is said, suspended a man's 6 month prison sentence for 2 years because he was "devout." His crime? Well, he broke a man's jaw. Technically speaking it looks like there were 2 assaults: one in a queue and one afterwards. I suspect that there would have been mitigation including the fact that the offender had "no previous." See The Times which reports - perhaps with a certain soupçon of schadenfreude, that Cherie is to face an investigation.
Finally, we see a certain amount of bizarre behind-the-scenes behaviour in connection with the appointment of the 12th Justice of the Supreme Court. The Times has covered this story and see Of Interest to Some Lawyers and Charon QC. This is an interesting story with the serious angle to it that the "powers that be" are far from getting this appointments process right.
- An Event At An Anti-fracking Protest
Here is a link to a report in the Manchester Evening News 21st February. The Independent Police Complaints Commission is to investigate the arrest of a man at an anti-fracking camp. Dr Steven Peers is planning to sue Greater Manchester...
- A Problematic Sentence: R V Bolton, Griffin And Marshall - Manchester Crown Court
Some sentences handed down by judges make people wonder just where the law is heading. Three men in Manchester have just received "Intensive Alternative to Custody" - (which is available in Greater Manchester) - sentences for an appalling crime. ...
- The Mark Berry ("bez") Case ....
From time to time various "celebrities" appear in the courts to stand trial for serious matters. Mark Berry - (of "Happy Mondays" and "Domino Bones fame") - has been before the magistrates' court at Manchester and has been sentenced to...
- Can This Be Right ....it Makes You Wonder ....
Police Officers in Manchester were ordered not to give chase to men who stole expensive motorcycles. Why? Because the thieves were not wearing helmets! See Manchester Evening News 16th August 2010. It makes you wonder ..... but see ACPO...
- What Happened In Wigan To A War Hero
The estimable Jack of Kent legal blog carries a post about What Happened to Lance Corporal Mark Aspinall in Wigan on a night out in July 2008. Jack of Kent has raised this because two of the officers have been acquitted by a jury at Manchester Crown...