Part 2: Should This Woman Be Spared Prison?

[wolf63]

Oxford stab student Lavinia Woodward - it seems that there has been complaints and the sentence is being looked at again. Hopefully she will reconsider her future - perhaps medicine is not the career for her.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-41433934

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/inquiry-into-judge-who-spared-oxford-stab-student-lavinia-woodward-from-jail-vnx2cp3j2

[Buenchico]

The Judicial Conduct Investigations Office is investigating an undisclosed complaint about the judge's personal conduct. It has no power whatsoever to review sentencing or any other judicial decision.

While any member of the public can request that the Attorney General considers whether a Crown Court sentence is unreasonably low for certain offences, those offences DON'T include 'unlawful wounding' (except where the offence was related to the victim's race or religion).

So the sentence is NOT open to challenge or review (other than an appeal against sentence by Ms Woodward, which clearly isn't going to happen).

[wolf63]

I saw the bit where it referred only to the Judge's personal conduct but does that not cover the reasoning behind the sentence. The judge was swayed away from a custodial sentence due her potential future career. That doesn't seem to be a good reason for a non-custodial sentence.

The law is a donkey or it a mule?

[waterboatman]

As the old saying goes. The law are an ass. That seems be right in this case.

[Georgiesmum]

Well said Waterboatman.

[ToraToraTora]

As I said on the other thread, she's a wrong'un and a bit of bird in one of her Majesties Holiday camps is appropriate.

[cassa333]

A potential surgeon who even before she has finished her medical studies can't control her drinking or temper... Hmmm a different career might be in her future patients best interests.

[wolf63]

I've found this article - it explains why the final sentence was suspended. She still sounds too unstable to be a doctor.

[wolf63]

https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=5f52c7f6-329a-47bc-9982-41aea7191fee

[jno]

there must be a place for her in the England cricket team, though.