Where have the judges been for 50 years?
I wrote recently about the juror who discovered online that the defendant had a previous arrest for rape, writes Peter Rhodes.
I wrote recently about the juror who discovered online that the defendant had a previous arrest for rape, writes Peter Rhodes.
This week the juror was jailed for six months for contempt of court as the legal system took a Victorian steam hammer to the microchip age.
Does our legal system understand modern times? Probably not.
As she dealt with a vicious Lithuanian rapist recently, one Appeal Court judge asked sweetly of our immigration system: "Do we let in just anyone?"
No, Your Honour, we don't let them in. That's the whole point.
They are already here, living in this big superstate of 230 million people known as the EU and free to live, work, and commit rape in any EU country they choose.
Tell us, your worships in your scarlet gowns and grey wigs, where have you been for the past 50 years?
