Judge not
First that appalling Portia person from the CPS, now BBC News, which this morning referred to ‘The teacher, Jeremy Forrest’, as if it was a badge of shame. Mr Forrest is no longer a teacher, he is a prisoner, a guest of the Mountbatten-Windsor Hotel Group. Mr Forrest will never be a teacher again. So please, folks, stop using his former profession as a description.
Digressing slightly, I heard this morning that police are investigating whether he coached his victim, encouraging her to back up his defence during her testimony. I don’t see much point, since the judge who sentenced him pretty much convicted him in advance of any proof in his sentencing remarks, thereby knocking firmly on the head any possibility of a fair trial. Another stupid lawyer.
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