Judge sentences man by mobile

This is rather unusual, but apparently perfectly legal.

This is London writes that a defendant stuck in a traffic jam on his way to court could not escape the long arm of the law - the judge phoned him up to sentence him.

"As he sat in miles of tailbacks, Aftab Ahmed, 44, was contacted on his mobile phone by his solicitor at the request of Judge Caroline Ludlow, who had explained that she knew of no restrictions against passing a non-custodial sentence this way.

Taking the phone, she sentenced him to a 140-hour community punishment order and told him to pay £750 in costs for offences relating to his bankruptcy proceedings.

The judge had wanted to avoid incurring more court costs by adjourning the case again."

emily | 4:17 PM | News, Buzz |
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