Circuit Judge to exchange letters to defendant
In a touching case this month, a Judge promised to exchange letters to a defendant in mental health crisis.
His Honour Judge Jefferies QC specified the defendant was to write to him every month as part of a community order. She had been caught carrying a razor blade in a park and presented with a history of self harm and previous convictions for carrying blades.
His Honour Judge Jefferies QC said:
‘In my judgement, the laws about carrying bladed articles… you are not really the person they are aimed at. They are aimed at people who carry knives and blades to cause trouble on the streets and you are not that.
The judgement has won widespread approval for the Judge’s compassion and humanity, as he promised to write back to letters he received.
The full Law Gazette Article dated 17th March 2021 is availabel through this link.His Honour Judge Jefferies QC