Well, well. Lord Ahmed's barrister, Jeremy Baker QC, has succesfully argued that the jail sentence Lord Ahmed received could "irreparably and permanently" damage his ability to carry out community work in the future. You don't say!Lady Justice Hallett seems to have come over all funny. Bring on the smelling salts! Because of the "exceptional" personal mitigation in his case, she said the court was able to take the step of suspending the sentence for 12 months. So he's still technically a criminal, then.
Seems a pretty poor excuse to let someone out of jail for. Why couldn't he just carry on with his "community work" after six weeks? Jeremy Baker will be the most sought after advocate in the world for that grovelling mitigation.
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