Archive for the ‘Justice’ Category

Judge jails the cleaner

Posted: November 21, 2009 by peterdcox in Justice
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It took 464 days after she was first remanded, but our cleaning lady finally (yesterday 20 November 2009) got her just deserts for the attempted murder of our neighbour: an indeterminate sentence because she is a danger to the public and a tariff of 15 years. Cardiff Recorder judge Nicholas Cooke QC had said this [...]

Justice is failing the victim

Posted: September 24, 2009 by peterdcox in Attempted-murder, Justice

A bad day in court When your ex-cleaning lady attempts to murder a neighbour – who is in her late seventies – it is difficult not to be at least a little bit interested. The fact that we were directly involved in the event itself makes it difficult to be disinterested. So, since March 2008, [...]