Thursday, May 13, 2010

Judge bans keen golfer from playing as extra punishment

A golf enthusiast has been banned from playing his favourite sport by a judge. Paul Maskell was banned from playing golf for three months as an additional sting to the punishment for getting involved in a street brawl.

The 21-year-old admitted assault and actual bodily harm when he knocked a man unconscious during an incident, in Chelmsford, on February 22.



The painter and decorator was given a six-month jail sentence, suspended for two years, and ordered to pay £2,000 compensation and costs.

Judge Anthony Goldstaub QC also imposed a weekend curfew from 9pm to 2am and an “activity requirement” banning Maskell, of Henry Close, Clacton, from going to any golf courses or golf clubs for the next three months.

3 comments:

Insolitus said...

A judge can do that? That seems so wrong, golf even appears to have had nothing to do with the crime. So, as a punishment, a judge can ban you from doing your favourite things, even if you're not going to jail? This doesn't fit into my sense of justice, it seems arbitrary and petty. I also doubt that, had the convicted been a devout Christian, any judge would have ordered him to stay out of church for three months.

cath said...

I'm trying to make sense of the phallic green, erm, thingy on the sign. I guess it's supposed to be a map of the fairway/green? I wonder if the architect had a sense of humour... or was just really thick.

Arbroath said...

Heh heh, I think it's just an artist's unfortunate interpretation of the hole layout.