March 25, 2004

What's your magistrate street name?

I quite fancy being a magistrate. My local area has a shortage and the local press have run a few articles recently calling for volunteers.

Can you imagine how quickly those prisons would fill up under my guiding hand? A characteristic that would no doubt be reflected in my street name, The Imprisonator.

Unlike this magistrate whose street name is The Kindly School Teacher:

Mark Jones, 19, faced fines totalling £417 after admitting a string of driving offences and possessing cannabis.

But instead of making him pay up, Port Talbot magistrates offered to waive the fines - if he sat at the back of the court for 30 minutes until lunchtime.

Posted by John at March 25, 2004 02:41 PM | TrackBack