Thursday 20 August 2015

More Like District Judge Mary Connolly, Please!

District Judge Mary Connolly dismissed this and said: "If he is in fear of violence why is he out at night with a hockey mask and sword? You are at home behind closed doors.
"Peer pressure doesn't put you out on the street."
Hurrah! Someone isn't so keen to have the wool pulled over their eyes.

Refreshing, isn't it?
"You ran off discarding it. You can anticipate a sentence of imprisonment - that is what is going to happen to you. It is a question of length."
She bailed him to appear at Blackfriars Crown Court on September 1 for sentencing.
For the obligatory 'reports', no doubt. Let's hope she treats them with the same scepticism she showed his defence mouthpiece.

3 comments:

Jack Savage said...

"I was just taking them home to mend them"

Lynne at Counting Cats said...

Tell Mama will have a hard time trying to put a "but he's a victim" spin on this one.

JuliaM said...

""I was just taking them home to mend them""

Heh!

"Tell Mama will have a hard time trying to put a "but he's a victim" spin on this one."

Oh, I'm sure they'll manage...