Machete man who told police to ”F*ck that’ has ‘communication difficulties’

A judge ridiculed the suggestion a gang member’s ‘communication difficulties’ should mean he gets a more lenient sentence. Mario Dingwall, 20, was caught with a 15” machete stuffed down his trousers in Brixton in January. During his sentencing at Inner London Crown Court, his defence lawyer Grace Cowell said: ‘Young adults continue to mature until their mid 20s and he has defecits in his thinking skills.’ Judge Jeremy Donne interrupted: ‘On the basis he keeps carrying knives and keeps getting…

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