Woman goes to to jail for Facebooking defendant

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She caused the collapse of a £6m trial. The girl she contacted got 2 months suspended, she got 8 months inside. She has children (but I don't know how old) so I'm not sure this is the right result but I agree she deserved a proper punishment, so don't know what else she could have got. Some people are really bloody stooopid aren't they.

Yes they are. And judging by her fb comments and conversations about the trial I would suggest ditching the jury system altogether. Hopefully it will never happen but if my future was in her hands I would be seriously alarmed.

What would you have instead of a jury system then?

Crackpot old loon of a judge -reckon I'd have more of a chance of getting off.

Stupid woman. What low intelligence must she have.

don't see a problem tbf. Seems proportionate.

France doesn't have a jury system

The girl she contacted had been in prison on remand since the collapse of the trial I believe which is why she had her sentence suspended.

She should have been punished, she must have known what she was doing was wrong, but she is hardly a danger to society and I think there should be an alternative to prison.

Absolutely right that she was imprisoned.

at the idea of replacing the jury system.

Disproportionate sentence. Prison should be for violent offenders/threats to society not stupid but harmless women.

I'd rather she was made to do some kind of very unpleasant (therefore it's a good punishment) but useful community service. That way she'd be doing something constructive rather than costing a lot of money to be in prison. It's not as if she is likely to continue to commit more crimes.

I don't agree that it's disproportionate or that she can simply be written off as a 'stupid but harmless woman.'

She knew what she did was wrong but went ahead anyway and caused the collapse of a six million pound trial. Police officers, lawyers etc will have thrown their hearts and souls into that case. She ruined all that effort with her actions.

She was in contempt of court - a custodial sentence was inevitable. She cost the taxpayer £6 million. Why should she be on litter patrol?

I don't know.

Yes, she should be punished somehow - but violent criminals don't get 8 months in prison.

£6 million wasted because of her stupidity.

A custodial sentence is the only realistic deterrent -jurors would risk a fine or community service as it is no big deal to some. A prison sentence gets the message through to jurors quite nicely, totally deserved.

She broke the law. Contacting a defendant on FB is no different from picking up the phone and calling her. If by causing a mistrial she potentially enables a dangerous murderer to go free, then she's abetting a violent criminal and allowing him/her to continue committing violent crimes. Juror misdeeds can lead to violent criminals going scot free. They are not attending a party; this is criminal court. Their roles in the trial are quite significant. Detectives and police officers have risked their lives bringing this particular drug gang (and their accomplices) to justice.The judge's decision was appropriate.

I think the jail sentence is right. Her stupidy caused the trial to collapse. Her stupidity perverted the course of justice. Hopefully other jurors will not follow her example.

She knew the score. Jurors are told exactly, and very clearly, what they can and cannot do. They know they can't contact others in this, or any other, way. She chose to do it despite being told all of this in no uncertain terms at the time. She made the decision to break the terms of being a juror. She knew it would be a serious offence. But she chose to do it regardless.

She cost the taxpayer an awful lot of money.

She has to deal with the consequences.

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I was called up to do jury service and really wanted to do it, but I was rejected because I have been on prozac and had pnd years ago, it makes me that someone like this got to do jury service and I wasn't allowed.