Angry judge has a spelling fit
Monday, August 11, 2008
METRO LONDON online
Judge David Paget looked with disgust at an indictment accusing a man of assaults, including attempted 'greivous' bodily harm.
He fumed: 'The word grievous has been mis-spelt four times.'
Reading on, he said that another charge accused the defendant of using an offensive weapon, 'namely axe', instead of 'an axe'. The Old Bailey judge looked at the list of charges drawn up by Crown Prosecution Service staff at Wood Green Crown Court and added in disgust: 'It is not even English.'
Throwing the paper down on his bench, Judge Paget added: 'It's quite disgraceful. To have an indictment drawn up by some illiterate idiot is just not good enough.'
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