#magistrates — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #magistrates, aggregated by home.social.
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#UK Pensioner, 82, convicted of unpaid car tax while in hospital for toe amputation
When prosecuted in scandal-hit #SingleJusticeProcedure, #secretive court, octogenarian wrote in to explain his medical woes, with copy of #hospital record
Not enough to avoid #criminal #conviction
#Elderly & #vulnerable are regularly harshly convicted over unpaid household bills a system dogged by #scandals where #magistrates sit in #private dealing with low-level criminal cases
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CW: Sexual assault
"The magistrate ruled “not guilty”. In summing up how he reached his decision, he explained that to be found guilty would have a huge impact on the man’s life, and while he was sure I intended to be reliable, there was a very real possibility that as I was pregnant I was in a heightened emotional state and could not be relied on to give an accurate account."
WTF
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/17/bystanders-save-women-sexual-assault-violence
#Magistrates #SexualAssault #UKlaw #CourtSystem #LegalSystem #ViolenceAgainstWomen #Misogyny -
The #Magistrates’ #Court in #Sibu sentenced a 30-year-old man to two months in prison for obstructing an #auxiliary #policeman from discharging his duties
#Magistrate Romario Jonoi #convicted Norbert Kwok from Sibu Jaya on his own guilty plea to a charge under Section 186 of the Penal Code
He committed the offence on March 20 at 1.05pm at #SibuAirport
He had trespassed into Sibu #Airport’s departure hall without #flight ticket and permission
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#VICIOUS #ASSAULT #Shocking moment #RuPaul’s #DragRace #star #TheVivienne is #punched in face at #McDonald’s in #horrorific #homophobic #attack
#TheVivienne said the attack left her '#shaken and #scarred'. The #Liverpool #Magistrates'Court have found the #attack to have been #motivated by #homophobia.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TV #Media #MoralPanic #HateSpeech #StochasticTerrorism #Hatecrimes #TERFIsland
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/24939872/the-viviene-rupauls-drag-race-mcdonalds-homophobic-attack/