Oxford University stabber avoids jail because of her extraordinary potential

[7962]

Source: NY Post

An Oxford University student dubbed “too clever to go to prison” has walked free after stabbing her ex-boyfriend in a drug-fueled frenzy — but moaned that she can’t go clubbing without being recognized.

Aspiring heart surgeon Lavinia Woodward ran out of court with a big smile on her face Monday after being handed a suspended sentence.
Wearing a black suit and white blouse, she appeared in the glass-paneled dock before the judge at Oxford Crown Court.

Flanked by a female security guard, she wept and dabbed her eyes with a tissue as the judge sentenced her to 10 months in prison, suspended for 18 months.

Defense lawyer James Sturman urged the judge to give Woodward a conditional discharge due to her “unique vulnerability, remorse and good character.”

Read more: http://nypost.com/2017/09/26/oxford-university-stabber-avoids-jail-because-of-her-extraordinary-potential/

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So England has a few idiot judges too.

[Not Ruth]

1. White privilege has a new calendar model

[marylandblue]

3. Sound's more like money privilege

From the news article

"In a bid to get away from scrutiny, she stayed at her family’s $2 million villa near the city and was often seen carrying a $1,350 Chanel bag."

[whathehell]

7. No, it: would be "Bright' privilege

rather than 'White" privilege, and it:just as unjust.

[madaboutharry]

2. She sounds like a spoiled brat.

[Zorro]

4. Stabbing someone is not how you do it, Ms. Aspiring Heart Surgeon

Don't think I'd like to be a future patient of hers.

[Nitram]

16. She was just practicing her technique...

[snooper2]

21. She is just trying to follow her idol, "Dr." Ben Carson

[Abouttime]

22. Yes. Another dangerous doctor

I hope Carson has forever lost his medical license, he is a quack who has no place in the operating room.
And for this young lady, I'm sure if she were brown and Muslim she would be labeled a terrorist.

[sandensea]

5. Affluenza, British style.

My impression, though, has always been that these kinds of injustices are in general more frowned upon than they are here.

Perhaps the judge was a Thatcher appointee.

[metalbot]

6. I'm not sure that a similar case wouldn't have a similar outcome here

I'm fairly sure that an attractive white female college student who got drunk and stabbed an ex-boyfriend requiring him to get three stitches wouldn't get a custodial sentence in the US either. They might even plea down the felony.

[trc]

14. I agree

I do not think this would have gone differently in the US. Drugs, alcohol and minor cuts should not put one in prison for any length of time. She needed help, not incarceration. Isn't that what we hear in the US as well?

[Nitram]

17. I can't help think that if the student had been poor and black, the outcome would have been

different, even in England, smarts or not.

[iluvtennis]

8. LOL, forgot about that word Affluenza from Ethan Couch DUI trial. nt

[tblue37]

25. It's an old coinage --from the 1970s, I think. nt

[obamanut2012]

9. How shocking to see a female, non-rapist felon

Get this treatment.

[msongs]

10. ted bundy had amazing potential too. well he didnt go to Oxford so had an unhappy ending nt

[keithbvadu2]

11. "but moaned that she cant go clubbing without being recognized" - A safety feature for future possi

A safety feature for future possible boyfriends.

[csziggy]

19. Yeah, if you can't handle the booze or drugs maybe clubbing is not a good idea!

Perhaps if she has so much potential she should recognize that the use of drugs and/or alcohol are detrimental to her life and avoid them.

[athenasatanjesus]

12. This is because of wealth,but I'm sure plenty of jack asses will blame feminism.

[Demonaut]

13. check this out:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3624674/student-branded-too-brainy-for-jail-by-judge-poses-naked-for-a-college-calendar/

[Not Ruth]

15. Her rep is Summer Roberts from The OC?

[Nitram]

18. Posing naked for a student calendar is indicative of what?

I'd be more concerned about a possible cocaine addiction.

[7962]

23. Stupidity.

Many Employers these days check out your social media history as well as other publicly available stuff

[jmowreader]

24. I don't think they need to go that far in this case

I wonder if it's too late to change her career aspiration from "heart surgeon" to "wholesale butcher"?

[Nitram]

27. I'd rather not work for an employer who thinks a student lark like that is a reason not to hire

someone.

[Blue_Tires]

20. Affluenza strikes again...

[Ohiya]

26. Where's Inspector Morse when you need him?