Judge Suspended Over NOTW Rent Boy Claims
The clue should be in the title, Judge Gerald Price QC, a senior circuit judge no less. One assumes the judiciary are chosen partly (a fairly significant part you’d hope) on their ability to reason the facts, consider the legal implications and make a sound judge ment. A recent News of the World article "Court in the Act ", would beg to differ in the case of Judge Price however. The paper claimed that the 60 year old judge, who …
The clue should be in the title, Judge Gerald Price QC, a senior circuit judge no less. One assumes the judiciary are chosen partly (a fairly significant part you’d hope) on their ability to reason the facts, consider the legal implications and make a sound judge ment.
A recent News of the World article "Court in the Act ", would beg to differ in the case of Judge Price however. The paper claimed that the 60 year old judge, who is married, had a secret nine-month fling with a £250 a night rent boy, Christopher Williams. Not only that, it also claimed that the Judge set up Mr Williams with a flat, paid him a monthly allowance and let him sit on the bench in court as he presided over trials!
Given the nature of the allegations, the judge has now been suspended pending an investigation by the Office for Judicial Complaints into his conduct.
July 1, 2009
Whatever the outcome there’s no smoke without fire – goodbye reputation forever.
July 1, 2009
I read about this at the weekend, it’s some crazy shit to get yourself into the dirty old sod.
July 1, 2009
I feel sorry for the kids……………..
July 10, 2009
Geez, did he hand down good decisions (and promptly) and did he manage cases well? If so, I couldn’t care less if he covered himself in Marmite and feathers and paid men to whip him with tea-towels (albeit I’m not his wife or one of his kids).
July 10, 2009
Good for him. He`s helping the young unemployed and extending his knowledge of marginalised and socially-excluded laborers.