British Judge and Jury Exonerate Anti-Israel Criminals
Robin Shepherd and Melanie Phillips comment on an outrageous judgement in southern England exonerating seven criminals who illegally entered and vandalized an arms factory that sold military equipment to Israel because they claimed their motive was to thwart Israeli “war crimes.” Although they admitted to a crime causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage that would ordinarily carry a heavy sentence, the judge, George Bathurst-Norman, reportedly sent the jury off to deliberate with the following words, “You may well think that hell on earth would not be an understatement of what the Gazans suffered in that time.”
Bigotry against the Jewish state is now so entrenched in contemporary British society that juries have begun to acquit criminals merely if they can show that they acted against Israeli interests. No other defence is necessary….
Under the combined weight of ideology and bigotry, the rule of law itself seems to be breaking down in Britain.
She further points out that this British judge is “no bleeding heart liberal”, that in 2003, he jailed a man for three months for beheading a statue of Margaret Thatcher. At that time, he said that ” smashing up property deserved a custodial sentence.”
Ms. Phillips provides more interesting details about the judge, which may provide a clue as to why “this apparent law’n’order zealot gave the people who smashed up this factory a free pass in this way”.
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