Friday 8 April 2011

Ah, The Old ‘I’m Ill, Me!’ Ploy

The wife of a disgraced York solicitor has escaped all punishment for helping him cheat his law firm out of £1.4 million.
Oh? How?
Simon Morgan, 50, formerly of Upper Poppleton and later of Bilbrough, is currently serving seven years in prison after a jury convicted him of six charges of theft from Milners law firm in Leeds where he was a partner and his wife Ann Young-Morgan, 55, was account manager.

But though a jury has declared she played a full part in the fraud, Judge James Goss QC gave her an absolute discharge because she has mental health problems.
Right, so she’s banged up in a mental hospital, then?
After the jury returned its verdict, the judge considered giving her a two-year court order with psychiatric treatment.

But defence barrister Edward Moss said her doctors had decided her condition was “untreatable” and she would not co-operate with them.
Well, that’s a bit of a catch 22 isn’t it?
In January, the judge was told she was suffering from “deranged narcissistic preoccupation” – or being so self-absorbed she was mentally unstable.
She could always consider becoming a model or actress. Most of them seem to suffer from that…
Mr Dry (prosecuting) said should Young-Morgan recover, then the prosecution would look again at the case.
Sure they will.

5 comments:

The beak has spoken said...

There will be, in about ten years time, a dusty file at the back of a cabinet with this year's date stamped on it. The file will have lain unopened and forgotten, until in some future drive for greater efficiency, be moved to a secure cellar where it can lie unopened for another 50 to 100 years.

The file will contain the details of this case, including the woman's mental condition with a note added that, in the event of her getting better, someone should examine the case again.

In other words, it will never happen. it will not be re-examined. The case is now closed, files filed, packed away.

And... that's it. Justice has been seen to be done, boxes ticked, everything put away.

Move along please, nothing to see here.

Mjolinir said...

"Your Honour - my client has indicated that under no circumstances will he cooperate with any control sanctions you might impose."

'Oh - OK; I'd better let him off, then.'

Captain Haddock said...

"In January, the judge was told she was suffering from “deranged narcissistic preoccupation” – or being so self-absorbed she was mentally unstable ...

She could always consider becoming a model or actress ... Most of them seem to suffer from that" ...

She could also consider becoming a politician .. self-absorbtion worked a treat for a certain Gordon Brown .. and Messrs Cameron & Clegg seem to be making good headway down that particular road themselves ..

Brian said...

Would a bit of narcissistic preoccupation help my low self esteem? To achieve a happy medium.

JuliaM said...

"In other words, it will never happen. it will not be re-examined. The case is now closed, files filed, packed away."

That's what I suspect too.

"She could also consider becoming a politician .. "

True! There's not much between them, is there?