As one wing of the British judicial system tries to engage with the idea of live tv coverage, a judge sitting in Luton has jailed a 19-year-old for two months for using his camera-phone in the court's public gallery. And this is a judge, Barbara Mensah, whose appointment two years ago was highlighted as a move to create a more diverse, forward-looking judiciary.
The lad might have had a bit of an attitude problem - on hearing his sentence he said "That's stupid, man" - but many people would, in this case, agree with him. An afternoon in the court cells would have been enough.
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