By releasing a man who he considered dangerous to society, did the judge do so to deliberatly embarrass the Home Secretary and did he do it for political reasons?
2007-01-26 22:12:53 · 5 answers · asked by john k 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
It can only have been political. The Home Office letter had said 'serious, persistent or violent criminals should still be sent to jail' - the paedophiles crime was both serious and as he has previous form, persistent, therefore nothing to stop Graham Cottle giving him a custodial sentence. Judges don't like been told what to do by politicians so I expect Judge Cottle's decision was based on wanting to give John Reid a poke in the eye!
2007-01-26 22:59:53 · answer #1 · answered by Dr Watson (UK) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was on the orders of John Reid, foreign prisoners should be taken out of jails and put on the first boat out of the country regardless of the human rights leeches feeding off it.
By contrast a journalist has just been jailed for a minor phone tap, but then it was on the royals.
Amazing how the rules can be changed at short notice when it suits them.
2007-01-27 06:25:01 · answer #2 · answered by tucksie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think he used his discretion first then supported his decision with instruction from home secretary.If he did that to embarrass him he was wrong .As judge you should make sure that any verdict you take protected public.so he might have thoroughly checked it before he took it.
2007-01-27 06:27:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No - he was just giving that Scots Marxist Thug Reid a dose of his own medicine.
2007-01-27 06:19:52 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if he did it for political reasons then he should be probe and if found guilty must be punished.... but i doubt it a lot because he knows the law and it was explained with his decisions whether technical or legal.
2007-01-27 06:20:51 · answer #5 · answered by livinhapi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋