Law -
True Cases 3
A
judge let a paedophile off lightly — because
prisons are overcrowded. Matthew Skuse, 37, was
jailed for just two-and-a-half years for an
horrific sex attack on a girl of four. A
paediatrician told a court her injuries were the
worst he had seen in 35 years. The maximum
sentence is 10 years. But judge Paul Clark said
the country’s senior judge, Lord Woolf, had
warned that prisons were overcrowded and courts
should bear this in mind. He told Oxford Crown
Court: “In view of the Lord Chief
Justice’s comments, I think this is a case
where I should keep the sentence shorter than I
otherwise might have.”
A
teacher who claimed he was bullied by a
headmistress before being sacked, was awarded
£230,000 compensation in an out of court
settlement.
A
driver who had more than twice the legal limit of
alcohol in her blood, killed her 17-year-old
daughter in a crash. She admitted drink-driving,
driving with no insurance and also had earlier
convictions for drink-driving. She was jailed for
three months and banned from driving for two
years.
A
man who committed more than 100 crimes before
being jailed for life for kidnap won compensation
because he was not educated properly. The High
Court heard Bolton Council had agreed to pay
damages to Marvin Pomfret after it was alleged
the authority failed to act on expert advice when
he was a teenager. Pomfret, 23, had been serving
a life sentence, for kidnap and other offences,
at Full Sutton high security jail near York since
1995. It is thought he won a five-figure sum.
However, Bolton Council said it acted
appropriately in assessing Pomfret's needs and
decided not to fight the case because of the cost
implications for council taxpayers.
Three
men who witnessed a teenage thug hurl a brick
through a window, caught him and drove him to the
police station after phoning the police to make a
'citizens' arrest'. They were put in cells and
charged with kidnap - the thug walked free and
was never charged.
A
householder who caught a burglar red-handed was
sued for assault after holding on to the intruder
until police arrived.
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