Another bunch of Cocklecarrots

Let me give you, first, Judge 'Cocklecarrot' Pardoe of the Snaresbrook Crown Court.  This comedian provoked snorts and sniggers, except from the bereaved family, when he sentenced some speeding lout to 250 hours of unpaid community work for killing Victoria Johnson, a young trainee barrister, as she crossed a road in London.  The driver was doing 37 mph in a 30 mph zone and crossed the junction whilst the amber lights were flashing.  The horn on his car was not working and he was unable to warn the young woman of his approach.  However, the highly (under) developed brain of this particular Cocklecarrot was much taken with the fact that Miss Johnson was using her mobile 'phone whilst crossing the road - so you see, in a very real sense - it was all her bloody fault, stupid woman!  Incidentally, the road hog concerned produced, through his defence counsel, a long bleat to the effect that he would not be able to continue his social work studies if he was given a prison sentence, which would almost certainly have been "A Good Thing" because the douche-bag had a string of convictions for dishonesty, shoplifting, deception and theft. 

But 'Top of the Bill' tonight is His dis-Honour, Judge Martin 'Cocklecarrot' Stephens who sat in judgment on two yobbish 'youfs' who engaged in a series of what they call 'happy slapping'.  One of them was already on bail for assaulting a pair of elderly Asians when he and his cohort came across an elderly man and his grand-daughter outside a mosque.  They attacked him and he hit his head as he fell down and died.  The utterly useless Crown non-Prosecution Service, as usual, accepted guilty pleas of manslaughter and these two murderers went down for 41/2  and 31/2 years respectively of which they will only serve half and because they have been on remand for a year they will be out on the streets in a few months. 

If there are any 'happy slappers' out there without targets for their, er, 'hobby', please contact me, I have a couple in mind!  Oh, and that reminds me, where does 'Fatty' Clarke, our Justice Minister, live?

Comments

[dearieme]

It has become common to walk into the road without looking, immersed in chatter on the phone. No reason not to jail the shit who was driving, of course, but it does mean that the poor, silly girl shared the responsibility.

As for the classification of murder as manslaughter - it's one way that the murder stats get massaged, innit?

[JK]

While I can't actually say, the stated speed of 37 mph (very slow by Arkansas standards) would seem to indicate the shit was himself distracted. Whether your, er "Justice System" takes each party's distraction and therefore nullifies - which it would seem not - only the killing should have been accounted for.

Looking at his scholarly pursuits it would seem to me, a murder conviction would've saved you the trouble of another politician.

[Dom]

Is ENgland's "mph" the same as ours? Because at 37mph (by our measure) would have given both the poor victim and the driver a fair amount of time to get out of the way.

[David Duff]

Yes, Dom, I assume an American mile is the same as an English one. Anyway, he was very nearly a third over the speed limit and had a faulty car - no horn - so in my opinion it was all down to him.

[JK]

Having no horn seems to beg the question - "What about brakes?"

[David Duff]

My thanks to 'JK' for this link which he left on another post but which is, I feel, even more appropriate here:

http://donotvoteformydad.com/

Ob boy, there's a long tale waiting to be told there!

[JK]

Keeping you informed:

http://realclearpolitics.blogs.time.com/2010/07/27/estranged-tales/

[David Duff]

Yes, the story is riding the waves - such fun!

[JK]

Close but no cigar. (Apparently - early results0.

(NON) FOR DISTRICT JUDGE, DIST NO. 21 OFF NO. 2 140 OF 140
JOHN A. MANTOOTH 11,916 30.82%
EDWARD T. TILLERY 10,378 26.85%
GREG DIXON 16,364 42.33%

I wonder if there'll be a family get-together come Christmas?

[David Duff]

Thanks, 'JK', I'd love to be at that party!