Victory for Common sense??

[Salty-Dog]

Read the following in the Mail the other day and must admit I agree with the Judge's comments (for once!)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=429312&in_page_id=1770

 

[SILVER_FOX]

"The judge said it was inappropriate for the court to be dealing with a verbal insult and that to charge 36-year-old Stiddard for his comments was a "nonsense".

IMO The Judge is absolutely right - this case had no business being heard in crown court. Moreover it had no business being heard at all. If it had been part of a longer tirade or racial abuse then yes the offender needed to be brought to account for it but a police caution would definitely have been more appropriate.

This is a victory for common sense but no doubt the judge will end up in trouble for his decision. And as for the Doctor ... worse things happen at sea mate. I wonder how much this one cost the tax payer. Whatever happened to the Sticks and Stones attitude to life?

SF

 

[Seadog]

Other newspapers carried that story on the 17th. Is this how Daily Wail journalists get their stories, copy and paste?

 

[Salty-Dog]

Other newspapers carried that story on the 17th. Is this how Daily Wail journalists get their stories, copy and paste?

My fault for posting late :

This was reported on 16th :

Next time just call him a fat b******. Don't say anything about colour
by LUKE SALKELD - More by this author »

Last updated at 22:46pm on 16th January 2007

Which would make the papers of the 17th.

 

[Tas-ape]

Quote: The judge replied: "So next time call him a fat bastard and don’t say anything about his colour.

This is the best story in any paper I have read all week.
Good on ya Judge. :razz: