Philip Larkin Was Right...

During the hearing, prosecutors played disturbing audio footage of phone calls with his mother, Marcee Gray, who described the 'fan art' drawings she saw online of her son. Gray asked his mother about the engagement his posts were getting, and seemed excited when she said it was a lot. She told her son that she would print some of the posts to show him, and even said she would keep some for herself. In one particularly haunting call, Marcee Gray promised her son she would make a 'Colty Shrine' in honor of him.

Why isn’t she in the next cell with him, you might ask? Or at least barred from future visitation.

Prosecutors argued that Gray's conversations with his mother and a documented fascination for school shootings proved he had carefully planned the heinous attack.

The case also marked a precedent of convicting parents for their roles in the crimes of their children. Gray's father, Colin Gray, was found guilty of murder and manslaughter in March for purchasing the firearm and keeping it unsecured.

The US Justice system is way ahead of ours', clearly. 

Judge Primm said Gray's crimes reflected 'permanent incorrigibility,' adding, 'I will sentence you to life without parole for each of the malice murders you committed.'

And they mean it.  No early release in the US for killers.

The Dropping Of Charges Is Almost In The Bag...

A teenager accused of staging a bomb hoax which forced a Peter Kay comedy show to be evacuated had to be removed from court after he started stripping down in front of the judge. The hearing for Omar Majed, 19, who appeared at Birmingham Crown Court via video-link from HMP Brinsford, was cut short after prison officers removed the defendant from the room when he started to take off his prison-issue grey tracksuit bottoms.

Yes, it's him again. 

Judge Andrew Smith KC was trying to address the defendant, who was not arraigned during the hearing due to the need for psychiatric reports, to let him know when he next needed to appear.

Or 'if' should he keep this up until the CPS gets cold feet.

A further case management hearing for Majed, of Saltley, Birmingham, who was charged with communicating false information to police contrary to the Criminal Law Act, was set for July 27 and a provisional date for a trial, lasting two weeks, was scheduled for November 3.

Once again, I'm forced to note no year is mentioned... 

I Was Considering Buying An Apple Watch Too....

...because I have become fed up with my Radley watch deciding not to charge up and I have a cash reward for completing 40 years service to spend. So I was already looking at Apple, since it'll seemlessly blend with all the other Apple products I have. And I have in facy now ordered one. Then I saw this:

Two men who filmed themselves speeding at 139mph in a 30mph zone while inhaling from balloons before crashing and killing the driver of another car have been sentenced to a total of 23 years in jail. 

Uways Hussain, 20, and Usmon Mahmood, 23, had spent the night driving dangerously through Manchester before colliding with a vehicle being driven by Sylvester Abayomi.

Just more 'driving while ethnic' on Britain's streets, entirely unhindered  by traffic cops...

Rachel Shenton, prosecuting, said the Golf had been driven 'at speed' through the light and Mahmood had 'chanted encouragement' to Hussain as he drove. Immediately after the collision, Greater Manchester Police received an alert from Hussain's Apple watch which detected he had been involved in a collision.

Wow! I didn't know that was a feature. A watch that alerts the cops you've crashed! No wonder they are all seemingly incompetent and lazy these days, tech is doing their job for them!

Today they were jailed at Manchester Crown Court after pleading guilty to the charges against them.

Greater Manchester Police received several emergency calls to the crash and the automatic alert from the Apple watch.

The judge was pretty harsh, considering the race of the defendants and the location: 

The judge described the video footage as 'terrifying' and said Hussain had shown a 'flagrant disregard for the safety of other road users' and undertaken 'deliberate risk-taking seemingly for the thrill of it'.The pair had not attempted to assist the victim, he said, but had fled the scene following the crash and Mr Abayomi was killed by 'conduct that was appalling and entirely avoidable'.

But not when it came to their driving: 

He also handed both men an eight-year driving ban.

It should have been a lifetime ban. 

At Last, The 'Guardian' Sees A Problem... .

The prime minister’s spokesperson is right that “only by using a combination of reform, investment and efficiency, can we hope to turn the tide on the backlog and deliver the faster and fairer justice the victims deserve” in the criminal courts (Labour lawyers ‘blocked’ from briefing MPs on jury trials overhaul before vote, 9 March). But curtailing the right to jury trial will have a minimal effect on the backlog.

And it's not the curtailing of an age old part of our justice system - in true guardian fashion its the potential effect the ethnic minorities foisted on us that concern them most.

Jury trials are not the cause of the backlog. Furthermore, the government’s proposals will disproportionately impact Black complainants, witnesses and defendants. The random selection of jurors from local communities ensures that they are far more likely to reflect the cultural heritage of people appearing in court.

Who says this is the greatest concern? Why, of course, its one of those who've infiltrated our justice ststem and hollowed it out, of course: 

In 2025, there were only five circuit judges who identified as Black or Black British. Curtailing jury trial is bound to add to what David Lammy described in 2017 as a “chronic trust deficit” towards the criminal justice system.

Nic Madge Retired circuit judge, St Albans, Hertfordshire

Youve done enough, Nic, enjoy retirment. 

Are We Really Employing Such Nervous Nellies In MI5?

A failed asylum seeker sparked a major terror alert after he left a fake stick of dynamite outside MI5's HQ.

A clearly fake stick, that he didn't actually even bother to light. If he'd written 'ACME Explosives' on it, it couldn't have looked any more fake. So why did it spark 'a major terror alert'? 

Did it, in fact, do such? Not that I can gather, I never heard anything about it until this story!

Julian Valente Pereira, a 32-year-old Brazilian national, staged a protest at the secret services central London base at Thames House a day after he had been told he would be kicked out of the UK.

A counter terrorism bomb expert rushed to the scene where it was then discovered Pereira had used rolled-up A4 paper, brown masking tape, and string to create the fake dynamite.

I'm suspecting now that the 'major terrorist alert' has been made up by the MSM... 

Pereira came to the UK with permission to work in July 2018 and has remained in the country illegally since February 2019.

Yes, this is how long it's taken to kick out this loony overstayer...and I fear that as a result of this stunt, he'll be here even longer.  Not because his stunt worked, at least as he hoped it would, but beause now our useless judiciary will shower him with understanding and sympathy:

Pereira has been remanded into custody until sentencing on April 1, and the footage of the incident has now been released by the Crown Prosecution Service.The judge asked for reports on Pereira's mental health and risk of reoffending, and warned that he may be jailed or sent to the Crown Court for sentencing.

Just put him on a plane, FFS!  

Another Of Those Things That 'Never Happens' Has Happened...

...and produced this surreal situation for the judge:

The jury was told they will be taken to the scene of the incident in a site visit. Judge Daniel Sawyer said: 'Ordinarily I would tell you not to go to the location but in this case it's just out the back of the building and it would be utterly pointless, you can see most of it from your jury retiring room.'

I'm surprised he didn't just tell them anyway, since the justice system loves futile gestures. 

Hard Cases Make Bad Law...

Joe and Kate Duffy were devastated and baffled when the man accused of their daughter's murder walked free from court. They had felt certain that Francis Auld would be found guilty of killing 19-year-old Amanda in Hamilton in 1992. But a jury found the charges against him not proven - one of two verdicts of acquittal which could be returned in criminal trials in Scotland.

But not any longer - for ‘progress’, it would seem. Has ever a word been so misused?

Joe and Kate did not initially understand what the jury's verdict meant – and have now spent more than three decades campaigning for the abolition of not proven.

From 1 January, this centuries-old verdict has been consigned to the history books and Scottish trials will end with the accused being found either guilty or not guilty.

Making Scotland no longer unique. 

A common interpretation of not proven was that the jury suspected the accused was guilty, but felt the prosecution had failed to prove the charge beyond reasonable doubt.

Good luck finding that in a law book. As Joe and Kate were to discover, there was no written legal definition of not proven. Over the years, whenever juries asked, all judges could tell them was that it was a verdict of acquittal, just like not guilty. Research has also shown that some people thought - incorrectly - that the accused could be tried again if the verdict was not proven.

If that was a reason for throwing out the baby with the bathwater, it was the wrong one: 

That has been allowed in exceptional circumstances since 2011 under double jeopardy legislation, but the method of acquittal plays no part in that process.

So why the push to throw out centuries of Scottish legal tradition, something native born Scots usually rail against?  

Joe explained: "I've never understood why you can have two verdicts which mean exactly the same thing. 

"The only difference in law between not proven and not guilty is spelling. "That's it. Why do we need them? Either you're guilty or not guilty."

Well, now that's indeed all you can be. It's too early to tell if it's been a terrible mistake or not. I know how I'd vote, though... 

Ruining Every Aspect Of The Justice System...

 ...that seems to be David Lamentable's real goal:

Childhood criminal records could be wiped under plans being considered by David Lammy. The Justice Secretary is considering simplifying the current system to prevent people from being affected by petty crimes in later life. It comes after evidence showed that people in their 50s, 60s, and 70s still had offences of street fighting and bike thefts in their youth disclosed to employers.

So not content with plans to ensure the safeguard of a jury of your peers isn't available to you in the future, he wants to ensure that employers can't avoid hiring people they wouldn't hire if they knew their background? 

Rachel de Souza, the Children's Commissioner, previously said judges should have the power to wipe criminal records of people who had 'done their time' for silly crimes committed as a child. Last year a 13-year-old girl admitted to threatening violent behaviour after she kicked a glass door at an asylum hotel. The offence will stay on her record for life and will be disclosed if she works in a job with children.

As it should be, no doubt. In modern Britain, being less than welcoming of the new Predator Classes is the greatest crime of all, isn't it? So much so that the filth will hunt YOU down if you object too strongly:.

so basically what I’m gathering from this is that a brown guy was harassing three women, they lashed out because they wanted him to go away, and now they’re being hunted by the police for doing a racism because they wouldn’t let the brown guy harass them endlessly pic.twitter.com/2t1kOcv0vC

— pagliacci the grinch 🎄🎁 (@Slatzism) December 11, 2025

The Worst Thing I Ever Saw On The Internet…

...and the wheels of justice finally grind over the utter scum responsible for it:

The family of a dad killed by XL Bully dogs in a horrific Staffordshire street attack have praised ‘hero’ passers-by who tried to save him.

Their pitifully ineffectual attempts, being both mostly elderly and unaccustomed to - not to mention unequipped for -  the kind of violence needed to deal with an animal attack of this nature, are seared on my mind. I wish I could unsee that short video clip that did the rounds on that day and yet in a way, I wish it was playing on every big screen in the land, so everyone can see what the lax legislation and enforcement regarding ownership of these fearome mutts can lead to.

James Harrison Trimble-Pettitt has now admitted of being the owner of two dogs which when dangerously out of control caused the death of Ian Price.

How did he ever think he could escape it?  

The 32-year-old had fought his culpability on the basis of the dogs escape ‘being due to a momentary lapse in concentration’. But he dropped that argument at trial held, at Stafford Crown Court on Tuesday (October 14).

A 'pet' that you have to exercise the kind of control I will have to exercise in my 'Jurassic World Evolution 3' PC game when it arrives so as not to have disaster unfold is not a 'pet' at all, and is utterly unsuitable for anyone to keep in a domestic setting. 

The police who turned up too late to help and did little beforehand when the mutts were a known menace in the neighbourhood escape any consequences, as usual, even being praised by the dead man's family, something as inexplicable to me as the fact that people are alloewed to keep these things in the first place.

Of the dogs involved in the attack, one died during the incident after being restrained, and another was destroyed via lethal injection by a vet inside the owner's home.

Both should have been gunned down in the street by the armed cops who attended the scene to parade uselessly up and down a cordon.. 

Trimble-Pettit will be sentenced on January 5.

He needs to be made an example of - he should see the same sentence as if he'd murdered Ian Price with a weapon - because that's exactly what he did. 

It's As Sincere As Anything Else About Him...

The 29-year-old pleaded guilty in April to attempting to kill Kavanaugh in 2022. Boardman said: 'I believe Ms. Roske understands that what she did was terribly wrong. I find her remorse sincere.'

His remorse. When he attempted to kill his victim he was a man, and of course still is and always will be 

Roske's attorneys clarified that while her legal name is still Nicholas, Roske uses female pronouns and goes by the name Sophie. Boardman explained that she factored Roske's identity into her sentencing as well.

'She'? Yes, another white liberal female judge, betraying her sex and her profession  for the sake of a cosplaying man. 

 White liberal women are the absolute worst

"Take me in oh tender woman", sighed the snake"

We all know the song, don’t we?

Victoria Adams, 37, was found dead at her flat in Hammersmith, west London, on February 9 after police were called to a report of a man attempting to break into the property in Coulter Road. She was found face down in a bedroom with a black bin bag over her head, which was covered by a pillow.

And the culprit wasn't hard to find. It was could almost be said to have been suicide by naivety. 

Ms Adams had suffered at least 10 separate injuries to the back and side of the head from being struck with a blunt object - said to be a mallet which was found with her blood and DNA on it. Her attacker, Apapale Adoum, 39, who was arrested at the scene, had met her on February 6 when he was living in a homeless shelter. She had invited him to stay with her but later wrote a note to ask him to leave.

Adjourning sentencing, Judge Nigel Lickley KC told the defendant: 'The sentence for murder is a life sentence and that is what I will pass on October 24.'

Why not pass it immediately? What are you waiting for? More middle class suicidally-liberal white women to write a sentencing report on how the justice system should go easy on him, I suppose... 

Pick A Better Excuse...

Those lefty do-gooders who decry the 'Joint enterprise' legislation are going to have a hard time with this one:

The prosecution says while only one person stabbed Mr Shepherd, the jury should find them guilty of murder via joint enterprise.

'One person may have delivered the fatal blows but the prosecution case is the three are jointly liable as they were acting together in a joint attack,' she said.

Is there any evidence they were all in it together? Yes, it's all on camera!

'He was reaching for [the knife]. He was going to use it on Joe, Harrison, or me, or all of us,' he said.

Then why didn't you run away, instead of towards him? 

O'Keeffe told jurors the victim's dog was 'being very aggressive', that the pet was 'snarling and barking', and as such, he believed the pet would bite him.

Then why did you incapacitate the man holding the lead that held it under control? 

The trial continues.

I hope the lunches are good there. I can't think what else is keeping the jury from rendering the verdict right now! 

Just Who Is The Real Victim Here??

A double-decker bus driver who killed a nine-year-old girl when he crashed into her while high on drugs has had his jail term increased.

Yes, it's this one. Four years was the original sentence, which for once woke up our debased justice system administrators:

The Solicitor General referred his sentence to the Court of Appeal, arguing at a hearing on Wednesday that it was 'unduly lenient' and should be increased. Three senior judges ruled the sentence should be raised to six years and eight months, and that Asolo-Ogugua should be disqualified from driving for five years upon his release.

Only five? 

Nonetheless, his lawyer seems to be somewhat confused about who is the victim here - he believes, as he is paid to do some might say, that it's his client: 

Gregory Fishwick, representing him, said the case was a 'tragedy', and that while the sentence 'might be classified as lenient', it was 'not unduly so'. He said: 'He will never forget this. It was a tragedy, one that he will feel forever.'

As will the child's family. You know, the family of the real victim here.

Not A Tough One For The Jury...

Hope Rowe, 33, from Aldgate, launched the deadly attack on Charlotte Lawlor, 31, at 1am at a property in Stepney Green, east London, September 15 with a knife used to cut a cake. Mother-of-two Rowe hid the blade in her handbag before knifing Ms Lawlor in the chest and she continued to stab at her as she lay dying in a pool of blood.

Rowe denied but was convicted of murder by a jury at Inner London Crown Court and Judge Freya Newberry sentenced her to 22 years in prison.

No pussy pass for you. Hope! Probably due to the nature of the attack. 

Ms Lawlor, who 'just wanted to go home' during the confrontation, was leaving the property to get a taxi home when Rowe leaned around her 'MMA-expert' boyfriend Leigh Holder, 37, and stabbed her in the chest - footage of which was played in court. Jurors saw doorbell camera footage and CCTV from a bus showing Rowe's movements after she fled the party.

She admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility due to her mental health condition and loss of control.

But for once the CPS wasn't buying that. 

Her boyfriend, who has a distinct rose tattoo on his neck, was convicted of perverting the course of justice by driving Ms Rowe away from the scene and helping get rid of the knife which has never been recovered.

Lovely! 

In a statement, the victim's parents said: 'We are happy with the verdict.. We would like to thank the jury for their attention during the trial.'

Better do it fast, then, because if Labour get there way, we might not have them much longer. 

What's Taking The Time?

Talking of 'not frightening the horses', it seems Ms Bogbrush Hair is letting her mouth write cheques her body can't cash again.

Chief Constable Swann (who leads on diversity for the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC), in case you wondered, Reader...) said: 'It is important for us to act on the Supreme Court's ruling as quickly as we can, as both our colleagues and the communities we serve are looking for clarity on some very challenging issues. But it will inevitably take time to consider the full implications of the ruling.'

Typical. But you may find you're out of your weight class in this one. JK Rowling's had enough of your shit:

In response the author, 59, took to X to tell her 14million followers: 'So the police are dragging their heels on stopping males strip-searching females, which, as the Supreme Court ruling confirmed, was illegal all along. I'm sure they hope no woman decides to sue.

'Of course, I'll fund her if she does.'

Will the Home Office slap down the rampant tranny community in the police farces before thay are further humiliated in the courts? Watch this space. 

Here's Why We Have That 'Stereotypical View', Rachel....

Remember this story? Well...

The bus driver who admitted being under the influence of drugs when he killed nine-year-old Ada Bicakci in a crash in Bexleyheath has been pictured for the first time.

Oh? Let's see then! 

I'm shocked, Reader. I'm sure you are too...

Police have released a custody image of Martin Asolo-Agogua after he pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and driving whilst unfit through drugs (cannabis) on Tuesday, April 22. The 23-year-old from Nunhead had been up all night at a social event when he crashed the bus into Ada and her five-year-old brother on Watling Street on the morning of August 3 last year, a court heard.

The only real surprise here is that he pleaded guilty. Perhaps his brief fancies his chances with the new Home Office directions?

Asolo-Agogua was warned that he faces a prison sentence when he is sentenced in June. Judge Ben Gumpert KC said: “Looking at the sentencing guidelines, whether this is in the highest or middle level of culpability, even if that decision went in favour of the defendant the starting point would be a sentence of six years in prison.

And is that all? Well, maybe not... 

“And there are, it seems to me, considerable aggravating features because he was driving a bus, under the influence of cannabis, and that he hadn’t slept the night before having been, as I understand it, at a social event.”

Oh dear, a rare judge indeed, this one. Let's have more like him! 

Was It Just A Busman's Holiday?

A twisted NHS anaesthetist who injected a record shop owner with a deadly drug in a 'motiveless' attack has been jailed for 15 years. Gary Lewis, 65, collapsed to the floor in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, on July 2 last year after Darren Harris, 58, plunged a a syringe loaded with a muscle-paralysing drug into his thigh.

Yes, it's this story.

Judge Simon Phillips KC described the attack by Harris, who was 'seeking to play God', as 'motiveless' and 'totally indiscriminate'.

'With that hypodermic syringe in your hand, you had the power to take a life and that is the outcome that inexplicably you wanted to achieve.'

If he’d only had a bit of patience, the NHS would have granted his wish legally, I’m sure…

Sean Smith, defending, said: 'Mr Harris, of hitherto good character, having reached the age of 57 years had contributed substantially to the hospital at which he worked. 'He has made valuable contributions to hospital care and patients over a number of years. 'This act has essentially robbed him of that good character and most importantly robbed his wife and his family of his support in the future.'

But more importantly, Sean, it very nearly robbed his victim of all those things... 

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said Harris' employment was terminated in August 2024. It said a review into the storage of medications, including controlled drugs, in cardiac theatres and general theatres was carried out in light of the incident.

And what did they find? Strangely, it's not reported. I wonder why.

Actually, It's An Example Of How Prison Can Be Effective At Dealing With Persistent Offenders, Charlie...

Yikes! Looks like the mugshot operator needs a lesson in lighting...

Mohamed Awaleh of Mayesbrook Road, Dagenham, has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment for his crimes. A Criminal Behaviour Order was secured against Awaleh as a result of his "persistent anti-social behaviour and constant criminal activity". As part of the order, he was prevented from entering a number of high street supermarkets.

Who thinks that would be effective? 

Acting Chief Inspector Charlie Routley said: "This is another example of how effective the use of CBO's can be at dealing with persistent offenders."

Well, no. It's not. It's that old fashioned 'bang 'em up so they can't trouble the citizens no more' policy.

More Foreign-Origin Magistrates 'Improving' Our Justice System...

Like a lot of people, the magistrate's remarks on the RAF vandals who ruined the Paddington Bear statue drew a snort of derision from me due to their virtue signalling sentimentality.

"Paddington Bear is a beloved cultural icon with children and adults alike. He represents kindness, tolerance and promotes integration and acceptance in our society.

"His famous label attached to his duffel coat says, 'Please look after this bear' but on the night of 2nd March, your actions were the antithesis of everything Paddington stands for.

"Your actions lacked respect and integrity, two values you should uphold as members of the armed forces."

What I hadn't appreciated was that the magistrate, Sam Goozee, has already featured here - he's the magistrate who let off infamous scofflaw Max Coopey

H/T: Peter Wells via email

Is Anyone Surprised?

A United Nations judge tricked an African woman into coming to Britain to work as her unpaid slave while she studied a law PhD at Oxford University, a court heard.Ugandan High Court judge Lydia Mugambe conspired with deputy High Commissioner John Leonard Mugerwa to bring the woman to the UK to look after her children for free, prosecutors said. She then withheld her passport and if the woman ever needed her identity documents she would have to ‘beg for them,’ Caroline Haughey KC said.

Because, you really shouldn't be. 

And none of the Africans wailing about reparations for the evils of slavery ever seem to consider it's still going on, do they? 

When police first arrested Mugambe she wrongly claimed she had diplomatic immunity, Oxford Crown Court was told. The 49-year-old is also accused of trying to intimidate her victim into dropping the case by trying to arrange for the woman’s pastor to intervene.

Well, she's in trouble now, unless our lax justice system allows her to wriggle off the hook. 

Thames Valley Police received a report that a woman was being held as a slave on February 10, 2023. They received another call later that day from a member of the public who became concerned about the woman’s welfare after seeing her in a TK Maxx store in Oxford.

I'm concerned about my own welfare. And what people like this are doing to my country.