26 November 2015
The reported shedding of tears by Mr Justice Dingemans during sentencing in the recent Becky Watts case raises important issues about the role and behaviour of a judge, not limited to criminal proceedings, writes Dermot Feenan, research fellow at the University of Portsmouth, in this week’s NLJ. Feenan notes that tears might reveal bias and could prompt an appeal, but on their own do not prejudice proceedings.
