A MAGISTRATES COURT EMPLOYEE FOUND HIMSELF ON THE

A MAGISTRATES COURT EMPLOYEE FOUND HIMSELF ON THE WRONG
SIDE OF THE DOCK WHEN HE WENT LOOKING FOR TROUBLE ARMED WITH A
SNOOKER CUE.

FOR POLICE SPOTTED PAUL HERRON AND ARRESTED HIM – ON HIS
BIRTHDAY.

THE LUCKLESS LAD HAD BEEN OUT CELEBRATING WHEN HE HEARD
THAT ONE OF HIS FRIENDS HAD BEEN ATTACKED, SOUTHWARK CROWN COURT
HEARD.

THE ANGRY 18-YEAR-OLD PICKED UP A CUE AND WENT LOOKING
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ATTACKED HIS PAL, SAID MR ASHITEY OLLENNU,
PROSECUTING.

BUT HERRON WAS SNOOKERED BY POLICE IN ACKROYD DRIVE,
BOW, AND HE WAS ARRESTED.

HERRON, WHO WORKS AS A CLEANER AT OLD STREET MAGISTRATES
COURT, PLEADED GUILTY TO POSSESSING PART OF A CUE AS AN
OFFENSIVE WEAPON ON NOVEMBER 29 LAST YEAR.

CONDITIONALLY DISCHARGING HERRON, OF WEARMOUTH HOUSE,
JOSEPH STREET, BOW, FOR A YEAR JUDGE GERALD BUTLER, QC TOLD HIM:
‘SNOOKER CUES ARE MEANT FOR PLAYING SNOOKER AND NOT FOR USE AS A
WEAPON.

‘BUT IN VIEW OF YOU PLEA OF GUILTY AND YOUR PREVIOUS
GOOD CHARACTER I CAN TAKE A LENIENT VIEW.

‘I HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE IN MY BELIEF THAT THESE COURTS
WILL NEVER SEE YOU AGAIN.

‘

ENDS