Attack on student nurse - Judge criticised over sentence

Title

Attack on student nurse - Judge criticised over sentence

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

9 Nov 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:14

Description

James Bays reports on public criticism of the judiciary following a case in which Judge Nicholas Medawar conditionally discharged three teenagers - Wayne Richardson, Leon Williams, and Benjik Nahoum - after they sexually assaulted a student nurse on a bus in Romford, Essex. However at a Law Society dinner, Master of the Rolls, Lord Donaldson (John Donaldson) warned against hasty criticism of judges’ sentences. Includes interview with the nurse, Samantha Duncan. Broadcast on LBC FM Breakfast.

Contributors

James Bays; John Donaldson; Samantha Duncan

Keywords

Legal procedure; Crime; UK; Great Britain; Nurses; England; Trials; Judges; Essex; Sentencing; Sexual offences; Sexual violence; Romford; Nicholas Medawar; Sentencing policy; Wayne Richardson; Leon Williams; Benjik Nahoum; Samantha Duncan

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