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Judge: 'Whats a website?'
A judge trying an internet terror case stunned a court by admitting he did not know what a website was.
Judge Peter Openshaw brought a halt to the trial as a witness was being quizzed about an extremist web forum.
He told prosecutors at Woolwich Crown Court: "The trouble is I don't understand the language. I don't really understand what a website is."
Prosecutor Mark Ellison tried to help the judge by explaining. But Judge Openshaw, 59, admitted: "I haven't quite grasped the concepts."
Later he said he hoped a computer expert would give "simple" evidence when called to the stand.
Judge Openshaw said: "Will you ask him to keep it simple? We've got to start from basics."
With the ever increasing number of internet and technical related cases in the world, can we truley trust the legal system to deliver the right verdict? Do you think the weight of large corporations bias's the Judges to cide against the accused? I think this may be the case. I believe major changes in copyright/the price people are allowed to charge for services should be reviewed before peoples lives become seriously changed..
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