Judge who called a racist a ‘bit of a c–t’ cleared of misconduct

A judge who called a racist thug a ‘bit of a c–t’ has been cleared of judicial misconduct. Judge Patricia Lynch QC was referred to the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO) following the extraordinary slanging match with 50-year-old John Hennigan. Hennigan was being sentenced for breaching an ASBO at Chelmsford Crown Court by using racist language towards a Caribbean woman and her two young children when he said she was a ‘bit of a c–t’. During the hearing last August,…