A judge said burglary needed "a huge amount of courage"

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A judge who said burglary needed "a huge amount of courage" will be investigated after members of the public contacted the Office for Judicial Complaints to vent their anger at his remarks.

Judge Peter Bowers admitted he might be "pilloried" when he spared the burglar jail at Teesside Crown Court on Tuesday.

The case caused an outcry, with the Prime Minister commenting that burglars were not brave but "cowards" and their crimes were "hateful".

A spokesman for the Office for Judicial Complaints said: "The Office for Judicial Complaints has received a number of complaints in relation to comments that His Honour Judge Bowers made in relation to a case in Teesside Crown Court on September 4 2012.

"Those complaints will be considered under the Judicial Discipline Regulations in the usual way. It would not be appropriate to comment further at this stage."

Link:
Probe into burglary comment judge - Yahoo! News UK




Come to think about that judge was quite correct in his statement . You need to be very brave if you burgle my house because your will only feel the sword tangling on your neck?..

[keira75]

There seems to be lots of idiotic judges arounf these days, they seem to have lost touch with the real world. Time for some new blood I think.

[aleister crowley]

It's courageous to walk up to a lion and punch it in the face too it doesn't make it less moronic or in any way justified.

The fact that the "serial burglar" walked free is insane though.

[maca]

Courageous is blowing there ~~~~ing heads off when they break in to your property. there just scum the utter scum of life......

[Meat-Head]

There seems to be lots of idiotic judges arounf these days, they seem to have lost touch with the real world. Time for some new blood I think.

DAMM, NO WORD OF A LIE (sort of).

I was in court once for something, can't remember, but can't remember the EXCAT word but something was mentioned, something simple.

laptop, dvd, ipod, potoato peeler, VHS - simple everyday word - can't remember - he stopped the court and asked for somebody to explain this word.

Could have punched him, was a GENUINE word a kid would have known what it was.

[shellbob]

Where do they get these judges from,wonder if you broke into his house would he be so sympathetic.

[bowie]

its about time we started electing judges. britain would be a better place

[Meat-Head]

its about time we started electing judges. britain would be a better place

all well and good saying that but premierd has more than two sites to modserate without painting criminals grey

[gc1966]

when i think of courage this is how i imagine it

[Diogenes]

He's following in the long line of idiot judges. Remember Judge James Pickles? Forever in the news.

[bobwill]

and another out of touch judge
A notorious 'soft touch' judge spares a benefits cheat from prison after claiming the ?38,000 cost of locking him up would be the same as the amount he had swindled.
so thats all right then claim some more, it should come out of her high wages
Judge spares benefit cheat due to high costs of imprisonment - Telegraph

[sealion171]

There remains a line between brave and stupid...