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Juror turns up at court in '21 today' sash...so judge lets her leave to enjoy her birthday

A juror was discharged four days into a child rape trial because she had booked a pampering  session to mark her 21st birthday.

She had earlier caused a commotion in the courtroom when she took her seat with glitter in her hair and wearing a sash saying ‘21 today’.

This is four days into the trial mind, not the first day, she will have seen what people were wearing in court, so what on earth made this brain dead vacuous moron think this was appropriate dress for a court of law. Perhaps she thought ‘Well if the legal blokes and the Judge can wear those wigs and robes, I’m entitled to bling myself up for my ‘special’ day.”

That she was even allowed to take her seat beggars belief, surely it is holding the court in contempt? and warrants a severe admonishment at the very least, but then to be discharged because she had a ‘spa’ treatment booked, face/palm doesn’t come into it.

(However I am assuming the judge did this because he believed she would be worse than useless as a juror if the request was disallowed, better to get rid of her than keep her on the jury)

I’m afraid it is yet another sad example of our ‘me first, sod everyone else’ culture

 

NB: I have done jury service, on all occasions I was either suit & tie, or just trousers, ironed shirt & tie (gets hot in there). One young chap turned up in jeans & T-Shirt one day and was admonished by another juror to “Have some respect, we are making decision's about somebodies life here, this is serious business, treat it as such” He was suitably attired the next day.