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It is inevitable that, having been a magistrate for so many years, this blog will contain a fair bit of comment on legal matters, including those cases which came before me in court. However, it is not restricted to such and may at times stray ‘off-topic’ and into whatever area interests me at the time.

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Wednesday, 3 August 2011

Saintly Grandmothers

I see there is another spate of hand-wringing over the grandmother given a tagged curfew order for causing unnecessary suffering to her pet dog.
Why is it grandmothers are deemed incapably of criminal activity?

It is reported that she is humiliated at being treated like a common criminal – well isn’t she?

And here I must take issue with Ann Widdecombe, writing in the Daily Express, who questions what good such a curfew will do. Well Ms Widdecombe, it's not supposed to 'do any good', it's supposed to be (shock - horror) a PUNISHMENT!
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