Our thanks to Jeff for this. An extract:

“Sarah Pochin, the presiding magistrate and chairman of Cheshire East council, acknowledged Derbin’s distress before fining her £120 and ordering her to pay a further £133 in costs and a victim surcharge.

‘We can see it has been very distressing for you, said Pochin. ‘It is a horrible thing to have happen. [J4MB emphasis: What a statement of female unaccountability / lack of agency.] But it could have been worse. [J4MB emphasis: Always the case, and irrelevant.]

‘No one was hurt. It is what it is. Do not be too hard on yourself. Unfortunately, we all get ourselves into problems.’ ”  

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