Jacqueline Davies
Jacqueline Davies styled Her Honour Judge Jacqueline Davies, is a Circuit Judge, working in the North Eastern region of the UK. She was appointed on the 29th June 1993[1]
Notable Decisions
Paul Chambers - Twitter Joke
On the 11th of November 2010 Judge Davies, sitting with two magistrates, refused an appeal from Paul Chambers who had posted a message on Twitter saying:
Crap! Robin Hood airport is closed. You've got a week and a bit to get your shit together otherwise I'm blowing the airport sky high![2]
Mr Chambers was appealing his conviction for "sending a public electronic message that was grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character contrary to the Communications Act 2003"[3] at Doncaster magistrates court[4]
When Judge Davies heard the appeal in Doncaster Crown Court she judged that the tweet was "obviously menacing"[5] and that Chambers must have known that it might be taken seriously. [6]
Judge Chambers has by her decisions, taken an illegal and unethical stance against civil liberties and freedom in general.
Personal life
Judge Davies was married to Judge Paul Clark who died on the 7th of October 2008 [7]
In 2009 Judge Davies took part in a charity walk across the Sinai Desert in memory of her husband and to raise money for Prostate UK and Wellbeing of Women [8].
References
- ^ "List of members of the judiciary - Circuit Judges". 2010-03-05. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
- ^ Chambers, Paul. "My tweet was silly, but the police reaction was absurd". Guardian. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
{{cite web}}: Text "Comment is free" ignored (help); Text "Paul Chambers" ignored (help); Text "The Guardian" ignored (help) - ^ http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/21/section/127
- ^ Wainwright, Martin. "Wrong kind of tweet leaves air traveller £1,000 out of pocket". Guardian. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
{{cite web}}: Text "The Guardian" ignored (help); Text "UK news" ignored (help) - ^ "Twitter joke martyr loses appeal". 2010-11-11. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
- ^ "Twitter joke trial: Paul Chambers loses appeal against conviction". 2010-11-11. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
- ^ Paul Clark - Obituary
- ^ Judge completes trek across Sinai Desert
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