by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 22.
Nov. 2010. – 15:24:02
There were interesting goings on recently at Carlisle Crown Court. In an area famous for its history of border fighting from Picts and Romans to the border Reivers and with its male inhabitants considering themselves as hard or harder than their eastern neighbours in Northumberland it seems old habits die hard.
A butch Cumberlander on a DV charge sacked his female solicitor and barrister on the basis that their sex would prejudice their representation and would be against his best interests until persuaded otherwise by the judge [male].
And as if that wasn`t enough to attest to the supposed dominance of the y chromosome in Carlise Crown Court it took ten police cars and up to 25 police officers to control fighting. Unless there is a risk of violence my court has no security officers present in court at all. My sittings at my local Crown Court seem to indicate that a permanent police presence is absent there also. Short term cash savings perhaps but on the other hand………………………………..
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