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The Ministry of Justice has refuted all reports alleging that the Government is considering to revoke the courts charge imposed on offenders. The ministry referred to all such reports as “speculations.” Burbage-based magistrate, Nigel Allcoat, resigned last month after serving as JP for 16 years because it was highlighted that he offered to pay the levy fee for a penniless asylum seeker.
In his remarks, Mr. Allcoat alleged that it was “foolish” that his client was ordered to pay £180. In response to the news, Allcoat was suspended and an investigation was launched after he attempted to pay part of the convict’s costs as a “humanitarian” act. Announcing the news of his resignation, Allcoat stated that “I just can’t belong to an organisation that puts people in foolish situations like this. This charge has never been thought through.” He alleged that “these people are our neighbours, we shouldn’t turn our back on them. I don’t regret doing it, and I hope my parents would be very proud of me – I was brought up to help people, and that’s what I was trying to do.”
According to Allcoat, “it was an impossible situation for the defendant before me. Whichever way he was going to turn, he would be up against a brick wall…I did this in humanitarian desperation to stop this man going back to court again and again.” The criminal courts charge was introduced by the former coalition Government as a measure to ensure smooth running of the courts system.
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