UK : OUTRAGE A MAGISTRAT ?

From the Daily Mail:

‘I’m just too homophobic and racist for this’: Juror tells judge he can’t sit on any cases because of his extreme views

• The man wrote to the judge who then read the letter out at Southampton Crown Court
• ‘I hold extreme prejudices against homosexuals and black/foreign people and couldn’t be impartial,’ he said
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• The would-be juror could now face prosecution for contempt

By Martin Robinson and James Tozer

PUBLISHED:10 September 2012 | 

A juror told a court his homophobic and racist views meant he could not give a defendant a fair trial.
In a letter written to the judge after he was selected from a shortlist to serve in a case, the man claimed his extreme views ‘against homosexuals and black/foreign people’ made it impossible for him to be impartial.
Last night an investigation was under way after the judge reluctantly agreed to dismiss him from the jury and referred the case to the Attorney General, Dominic Grieve.

 

Scandal: The juror at Southampton Crown Court asked to be stood down because he is racist and homophobic

 

The letter was made public after he was selected to serve on an assault and dangerous driving trial at Southampton Crown Court.

Presiding Judge Gary Burrell QC read his note out in open court.

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has since been taken off the jury and threatened with prosecution for contempt of court.

This is because Judge Burrell said he could not be sure if he had written the letter just to get out of it.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2200948/Juror-tells-judge-try-cases-extreme-views.html#ixzz268Af3PIn

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