Judge floors fugitive sex offender
03/10/2011A British judge grabbed a convicted sex offender by the throat and pinned him to the floor to stop him escaping from court, a trial heard Tuesday.
Judge Douglas Marks Moore, 60, wrestled 34-year-old Paul Reid twice as he attempted to flee from Woolwich Crown Court in London last August.
Reid made his desperate bid for freedom after giving evidence in his trial, jurors at the Old Bailey, the central criminal court in London, heard.
As the fugitive went through the door, the judge grabbed him round the throat to try to bring him down..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110310hed7.html
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