Passing sentence

At least one person will be surprised by the appointment of Tony Lancaster as the president of the Association of District Judges.

Judge Lancaster told Obiter that when he was sitting as an assistant recorder, he heard a case against two women accused of burglary.

With overwhelming evidence against them and a long record of burglary and petty crime, he sentenced them to a prison term.

On her way to the cells one of the defendants delivered her own verdict: 'It's no f***ing wonder you're only part-time.

You'll never get anywhere.' It must be nice to prove at least one person wrong.