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The little white lie that grew (Judge gets 2 years for lying about speeding ticket)
BBC ^ | April 6, 2009 | Clive James

Posted on 04/06/2009 5:26:51 AM PDT by Loyalist

Caught out in a fib to get out of a speeding ticket, do you put your hands up - or dig yourself deeper into a hole of your own making, asks Clive James.

In a case which has deep resonance for Britain and the entire civilized world, the whole of Australia has been glued to the media in recent weeks, following the story of an eminent judge who has ruined his reputation because he tried to lie his way out of a speeding fine that would have cost him about £36.

At the age of 70, he is about to go to jail for a minimum of two years because he failed to cough up 36 quid at the right moment.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: marcuseinfeld; perjury; speeding; trafficticket
The learned judge also forgot another important precept: as well be hanged for a man than a sheep.
1 posted on 04/06/2009 5:26:52 AM PDT by Loyalist
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To: Loyalist

If he fibbed about a speeding ticket, what else has he lied about ?


2 posted on 04/06/2009 5:47:41 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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