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Judge given formal advice over 'sugar plantation' remark
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Judge given formal advice over 'sugar plantation' remark
Apologises for ‘ill-judged’ comment A district judge has been given formal advice after making an “ill-judged” remark during a court hearing that was perceived as “racially pejorative”, the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO) has found. District Judge Leo Pyle, sitting in Sheffield, asked the defendant why he would need to carry a machete in the town centre “unless you are a sugar plantation owner”. The comment prompted a complaint ove…
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