Judge slammed for threatening 14-year-old girl with jail time if she 'cried' while her mother was giving evidence in court
A judge in the UK has now come under fire after he was heard threatening to throw a 14-year-old girl in a courthouse cell if she cried while her mother was giving evidence in court. Natasha Myers was in the court on trial for smuggling contraband items into a prison when Judge Stephen John made the shocking threat towards her daughter. The mother had been accused of smuggling two mobile phones, a sim card, and some cannabis to her boyfriend, David Akende, who is currently in the Wandsworth prison, while she went there on a visit with her daughter in tow.
According to the Daily Mail, the Appeal Court heard last month that on the day she went to the court to give evidence, Judge John withdrew her bail because he had been worried that she could flee. The morning after, he is reported to have ordered the teen to apologize to him for being rude but it is still not known what it is that the teen is alleged to have told him.