Magistrate Austin MolloyWe live in a crazy world. I sometimes wonder if the lunatics are running the asylum.
Where would you find a magistrate censored for telling a couple of louts exactly what he thought of their despicable behaviour, before sentencing them?
Fifty Seven year old magistrate Austin Molloy has been taken to task by a magistrates clerk Christine Dean over his remarks that two boys who had scrawled racist and sexually abusive graffiti over prayer books in Blackburn Cathedral and caused £3,000 of damage, including damaging a priceless cross were "Scum."
His actual remarks before sentencing them were "Normal people would consider you absolute scum." Boy A was given an 18 month supervision order and ordered to pay £1,500 compensation costs. Boy B was given a 12 month supervision order and and ordered to pay £100.
Mr Molloy has stepped down form his position as chairman of the bench, and may face disciplinary action for his remarks, while sentencing the two 16 year old louts.
But the father of one of the teenage boys insisted yesterday that "I totally agree with what Mr Molloy said. He should get his job back. The whole family is absolutely disgusted with what my son's done, and he knows, He has been a stupid boy. We're church going people who can't understand why he did it. I'm not going to make excuses for him. He is not going to get away with it. He will be punished"
Boy B's mother has said she will officially complain about Mr Molloy's remarks, but Boy A's father said "There will be no complaint from me."
Earlier this week Mr Molloy, from Darwen, Lancs, said he had discussed and agreed his comments with his two fellow magistrates before sentencing the boys.
He said, " We are trained and told to communicate with young offenders, any offenders for that matter, in a language they understand. You have got to use language appropriate to those people so they understand exactly what you are doing. We felt we had to discipline the young boys and that's the language we used to make them understand the gravity of the crime they had committed. It was a disgraceful crime. We considered it at length in the retiring room and it was the appropriate statement that we agreed on."
His actual remarks before sentencing them were "Normal people would consider you absolute scum." Boy A was given an 18 month supervision order and ordered to pay £1,500 compensation costs. Boy B was given a 12 month supervision order and and ordered to pay £100.
Mr Molloy has stepped down form his position as chairman of the bench, and may face disciplinary action for his remarks, while sentencing the two 16 year old louts.
But the father of one of the teenage boys insisted yesterday that "I totally agree with what Mr Molloy said. He should get his job back. The whole family is absolutely disgusted with what my son's done, and he knows, He has been a stupid boy. We're church going people who can't understand why he did it. I'm not going to make excuses for him. He is not going to get away with it. He will be punished"
Boy B's mother has said she will officially complain about Mr Molloy's remarks, but Boy A's father said "There will be no complaint from me."
Earlier this week Mr Molloy, from Darwen, Lancs, said he had discussed and agreed his comments with his two fellow magistrates before sentencing the boys.
He said, " We are trained and told to communicate with young offenders, any offenders for that matter, in a language they understand. You have got to use language appropriate to those people so they understand exactly what you are doing. We felt we had to discipline the young boys and that's the language we used to make them understand the gravity of the crime they had committed. It was a disgraceful crime. We considered it at length in the retiring room and it was the appropriate statement that we agreed on."
Poor little louts. It smacks of the left wing politically correct brigade putting in their unwanted fillings yet again.
If I had my way I'd not only publish their names and addresses, but make sure that their photos were displayed prominently in all the local public buildings too, along with a list of the misdemeanours they have committed and the punishments they have received. It might just deter future scum!
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