Paul Morris

Partner at Driscoll Young Solicitors specialising in criminal defence.

[Tristan Kirk @kirkkorner]

Convicted criminals won't be jailed from next week because prisons are full, reports @thetimes

For many months, criminals have got lighter sentences because of the prisons crisis. This is the next step.

It's embarrassing that we're in this state.
https://t.co/MH1YAx5Nu4

[Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward]

At approx. 58 billion euro (£50 billion) Spain's full high-speed rail network, all 2,464 miles of it, cost about the same to build as HS2 phase 1.

There's something very, very, very wrong with how we approach large engineering projects.
https://t.co/fDm3qbTWW5

[CrimeLine @CrimeLineLaw]

Senior Presiding Judge, Edis LJ, has asked judges to adjourn, from next week, the sentencing of offenders who are on bail where custody is likely to be imposed. The prison estate is full.

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

Now let the snivelling apologists for rape, murder and torture explain how this, too, was justified.

[Dominic Cummings @Dominic2306]

today reminds me how happy i am @elonmusk bought twitter - if you look at mainstream news, including BBC, you see censorship & propaganda everywhere to limit damage to hamas

[Tristan Kirk @kirkkorner]

The mitigation in TV Licensing prosecutions is heartbreaking at times.

This is a cancer-stricken pensioner, 67. Clearly struggling but prosecuted nonetheless.
Fined £40, £120 costs, £16 surcharge - money deducted from benefits.

He went through the court process without a lawyer

[𝐋𝐞𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐬 @LeeJarvis10]

Who's that Welsh bloke 🤣

Brilliant 👏

And when he tries the Aussie accent 😀

[Paul Morris @pauljamesmorris]

@LEAP4Lawyers where has all your support gone? I have support tickets outstanding for two weeks. “Someone will call” is the standard response. No one calls. Useless.

[Kevin Finnerty @timeimmemorial_]

Not even close

[The Secret Barrister 🦋 @BarristerSecret]

For context, Boris Johnson’s legal costs, for a single day at a Parliamentary committee hearing of minimal consequence, were a quarter of the cost of the defence in a 9-month trial of the most prolific child killer in history.

Legal aid is a bargain.

https://t.co/6wWWRyxr4J

[The Secret Barrister 🦋 @BarristerSecret]

For the complexity, length, seriousness and unique horror of this trial, this represents astonishingly good value for the taxpayer.

The fair trial and conviction of a serial child murderer is worth paying for, and we all owe a debt of gratitude to all of the lawyers involved.

[Tristan Kirk @kirkkorner]

This is scarcely believable. But also rather common these days.

A defendant is charged with multiple rapes, sexual assaults, false imprisonment & threats to kill.

He appears for the first time in court not in custody, or even on bail, but having got a letter in the post.

[Julia Roberts @juroberts_julia]

'...make sure that there was a live link beamed into the cell of the sound and/or send pictures...' says former Justice Secretary Robert Buckland.
Blimey, that would be some achievement considering the issues just to get a link to a prison video room.... https://t.co/tSmutMOlbx

[Joanna Hardy-Susskind @Joanna__Hardy]

In 2015 a custody officer tasked with moving a defendant was killed. By him.

I think about that day a lot when I’m in the cells.

They’re under-staffed, under-resourced and on the front line. Any ‘drag-em-to-court’ law will need money.

Ask the ministers if they commit to that.

[Gary Slaymaker @TheSlay]

Finally available on Bluray from tomorrow.
The commentary track might be worth a listen too - Morgan Hopcyn and me, at our sweary best.
#HotDogsForTea

[Ian Dunt @IanDunt]

This man's feckless ineptitude left women at the mercy of the Taliban during the withdrawal. And then, at the final moment, he finally intervened so that we could save dogs instead.

[Stella Mills l SPORT @stellamills__]

TROWBRIDGE WOMEN’S RUGBY TEAM TAKE A BOW 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼

@BBCBristol l @RFU l @EnglandRugby

[Rúaidhrí O'Connor @RuaidhriOC]

It's impossible to take rugby's approach to brain injuries/foul play seriously after this