http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2025788,00.html


Top judge charged with indecent exposure


Dan Bell
Saturday March 3, 2007
The Guardian

One of Britain's most senior judges was yesterday charged with
indecently exposing himself to women on trains in south-west London.

Lord Justice Richards, a court of appeal judge, was arrested by British
Transport police in January when a commuter complained he exposed
himself to her. The married father of three was released on bail
following questioning, but was formally charged with two offences of
exposure when he answered bail at Ebury Bridge police station in central
London. He is due to appear in court next week.

A British Transport police spokeswoman said: "Following a decision by
the Crown Prosecution Service, British Transport police today charged
Sir Stephen Price Richards. The charges stem from two incidents on
trains in south-west London last year. The 56-year-old from Wimbledon
has been bailed to appear at the Westminster magistrates court on
Thursday March 8."

Sir Stephen has not sat in the courts since his arrest. A spokesman for
the Judicial Communications Office said: "A judge cannot be suspended,
but there is a convention that they do not sit while a situation like
this is ongoing."

Lord Justice Richards became a high court judge in 1997 after five years
as the so-called "Treasury devil", the chief government advocate in
civil cases, considered one of the toughest jobs in the legal
profession. In 2005 he was knighted and appointed to the high court,
becoming a lord justice of appeal.

After his arrest in January he told the News of the World: "I spoke to
police and gave them my full cooperation about an incident last October,
which I deny."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2025788,00.html


Top judge charged with indecent exposure


Dan Bell
Saturday March 3, 2007
The Guardian

One of Britain's most senior judges was yesterday charged with
indecently exposing himself to women on trains in south-west London.

Lord Justice Richards, a court of appeal judge, was arrested by British
Transport police in January when a commuter complained he exposed
himself to her. The married father of three was released on bail
following questioning, but was formally charged with two offences of
exposure when he answered bail at Ebury Bridge police station in central
London. He is due to appear in court next week.

A British Transport police spokeswoman said: "Following a decision by
the Crown Prosecution Service, British Transport police today charged
Sir Stephen Price Richards. The charges stem from two incidents on
trains in south-west London last year. The 56-year-old from Wimbledon
has been bailed to appear at the Westminster magistrates court on
Thursday March 8."

Sir Stephen has not sat in the courts since his arrest. A spokesman for
the Judicial Communications Office said: "A judge cannot be suspended,
but there is a convention that they do not sit while a situation like
this is ongoing."

Lord Justice Richards became a high court judge in 1997 after five years
as the so-called "Treasury devil", the chief government advocate in
civil cases, considered one of the toughest jobs in the legal
profession. In 2005 he was knighted and appointed to the high court,
becoming a lord justice of appeal.

After his arrest in January he told the News of the World: "I spoke to
police and gave them my full cooperation about an incident last October,
which I deny."


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