Judicial training begins after judge told sex offender with 67 previous convictions there was nothing to stop him ‘finding a wife or partner’

December 21 2022 10:42 AM UP DATED BY FRED VBASSETT 31 DECEMBER 2022

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Judiciary training has started this week on the orders of the Lady Chief Justice following a case in which a judge told a sex offender there was nothing to stop him “finding a wife or partner”.

Northern Ireland’s Lady Chief Justice (LCJ) Dame Siobhan Keegan confirmed that she was to instruct training for judges in October, when responding to a letter from DUP MLA Diane Forsythe.