Burnley Crown Court heard Mahmood, who wanted to be a solicitor or barrister, claimed he forgot he was subject to the suspended sentence.Errr....
Mr Holland said: “He's going to have an uphill task to persuade the Law Society if he wants to be a solicitor."Oh, I don't know. He's got 'Excuses 101' down pat already.
To be fair, it's easy to forget stuff, like the fact you're subject to a suspended sentence or whatever. I mean, only yesterday I forgot to buy milk :/
ReplyDeleteStandard lawyer material. A busy profession whose members, and I use the word advisedly, often forget to pay taxes or fail to think of the law when laundering clients' money.
ReplyDeleteBest of luck with the porridge degree, Mr Mahmood.
*cough*
MTG's spot on!
ReplyDeleteBeing a criminal is absolutely no bar (pun intended) to membership of the legal profession:- in fact some would see it as being de rigeur.
Being a convicted criminal, however...
I recall a lawyer getting nicked without a ticket on her way to Luton. She was married to a Prime Minister.
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ReplyDeleteNot going to be any good at remembering legal principle then.
XX Mahmood, who wanted to be a solicitor or barrister, XX
ReplyDeleteAnd THIS is how the West will fall!
The sand niggers have learned their Mao Tse Tsung well; "Take over all the positions of power." (Or was that Chao en Lai??? No matter, one of them.)
"To be fair, it's easy to forget stuff..."
ReplyDeleteI hear it gets worse as you get older!
"I recall a lawyer getting nicked without a ticket on her way to Luton. She was married to a Prime Minister."
Quite!
"Not going to be any good at remembering legal principle then."
Does that even still exist?