A spurious defence (with a twist)
Posted in Uncategorized on June 22nd, 2011 by adminAccused Judge puts forward an improbable defence
Judges sit in court daily hearing some very strange and frankly ludicrous defences to all sorts of civil and criminal cases. In a bizarre turn of events, one particular Judge, accused of punching his wife, seems to have take a leaf out of the book of some stories he must have heard.
HHJ James Allen QC put forward as his defence, backed up by his wife apparently, that in the heat of an argument between them, she became so frustrated that she violently punched herself in the face.
The court did not accept this version of events and notwithstanding that the Judge has been placed on probation and fined £5,000.00.
