Police constable 'smacked' child
A policeman described in court as having a Dickensian attitude has been given a suspended jail sentence after he hit a primary school-age child.
I am somewhat puzzled why the BBC is reporting 'smacked' in quotation marks when the copper has admitted the offence and it is no longer just an allegation and therefore can be reported without the need to protect against a writ for libel?
A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.
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