Convicted judge swears and storms out of Carlisle court Judge Beatrice Bolton Bolton

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Convicted judge swears and storms out of Carlisle court




Bolton and her partner were labelled "neighbours from hell"



A judge swore and stormed out of court after being convicted of failing to keep her dog under control.
The dog belonging to Judge Beatrice Bolton, 57, who sits at Newcastle Crown Court, attacked a student as he sunbathed in his parents' garden.
Frederick Becker, 20, was in the garden in Rothbury, Northumberland, in May when the German Shepherd bit his leg.
Bolton, who was asked during the trial to stop chewing gum, denied one charge under the Dangerous Dogs Act.
The judge strode out of Carlisle Magistrates Court when the verdict was announced and swore, calling it a "travesty".
She was also heard shouting: "I'll never set foot in a court again" from outside the courtroom.

'Dog log'

During the trial, the court heard the student's parents, David and Anne Malia, had labelled Bolton and her partner "neighbours from hell".
They shared a garden behind their adjoining property with the pair.
They had been friends but their relationship soured over the rights to the homes' shared back gardens and the behaviour of Bolton's pet, the German Shepherd named Georgina.
They described living "in terror" of the dog and kept a "dog log" of incidents when the pedigree animal strayed onto their land.
Their son, Frederick "Fritz" Becker was lying on the lawn at his parents' home when the then seven-month-old bitch went for him on 31 May.
Mr Becker, from Newcastle, said the dog's bite tore through his black tracksuit trousers causing a bruise and a cut to his left leg.
His wound was checked at hospital but did not require treatment.
Bolton will be sentenced later today.


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A JUDGE brought before the courts for failing to control her dangerous dog stormed out hurling a four-letter rant at the bench today after being found guilty.

Judge Beatrice Bolton headed straight for the exit once the verdict was read out branding the decision a "f****** travesty".
Bolton, 57, was convicted at Carlisle Magistrates' Court of allowing her German Shepherd to bite her neighbours' 20-year-old son.
District Judge Gerald Chalk and two JPs watched in stunned amazement as she chewed gum as the verdict was delivered and fumed: "Don't bother. I'm going! It's a ******* travesty!"
From outside the court room she was heard yelling: "I'll never set foot in this court again.
"How can he say that? How can he bloody say that!"

Student Frederick "Fritz" Becker was attacked as he relaxed in his parents' garden, which is shared with Bolton, in Rothbury, Northumberland.
The court had heard how he was bitten as he sunbathed in May when the seven-month-old hound named Georgina attacked.
She sank her teeth into his leg and left him bleeding and bruised.
Mr Becker's parents John and Anne Malia branded her and her partner "the neighbours from Hell" after months of being terrorised by the dog, the court was told.
Bolton, who presides at Newcastle Crown Court, will be sentenced later today. She had denied breaching the Dangerous Dogs Act.



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