Friday 1 February 2013

April Casburn or the convicted copper and the dodgy adoption.




April Casburn is the Met DCI who tipped off the News of the World about the phone hacking investigation.  She was convicted and sentenced this week. Her sentence which should have been three years was shortened to 15 months because she was adopting a baby.

Hang on!  The woman is 53 years old. No one can adopt in this country at that age which implies that she has sourced the child elsewhere (the Ukraine is the destination of choice for this sort of thing these days).  So why suddenly, when she must have known that a prison sentence was looming, does she toddle off abroad to adopt?

I guess she knew she would get a lighter sentence.

What amazes me is that the scam fooled the judge.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why should having kids make a difference anyway. Or is this yet another reason to pop out first spawn without any means of support other than state benefits.

Anonymous said...

Disgraceful

How low can you get..!