A MAGISTRATE has jailed a teen for answering his mobile phone in court. The 17-year-old let his mobile ring with the music of US rapper Akon before he answered the call while sitting in the front row of Darwin Magistrates Court yesterday. Source: www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23735155-421,00.html Absolutely ridiculous in my opinion.. Well the kid doesn't deserve jail for ringtone though--thats little overdone judge job I guess.
hahaha yes it is again court rules and we should make cellphone in silent mode before entering judge room , this incident happened with me one but judge gave back my mobile after all hearings got finished . I am from India and this incident happened in gurgaon court .
what that kid did was totally disrespectful of the court and what it stands for. should of fined his ass as well.
I think a fine would have been more appropriate. No one should be locked up for something like this. They should request that phones etc be put on silent and no one should answer. I think being locked up for that is daft. I've heard worse about judges saying "The law does not belong in my court" with IRS cases and the income tax in america. (Google Freedom to Facism).
He didn't get locked up though. I think it'll make him think twice before "letting his mobile ring" in court.
Not really. I'm sure he passed signs saying "please turn off your mobile phone" and I'm sure the usher reminded everyone in the courtroom too. So I'd jail him for his ignorance as well as his insolence.
If he had offered a genuine and sincere apology at the time the phone went off he would have gotten nothing more than a stern look.
Locked up is misleading - detained is a better way of putting it. Very similar to school detention actually. He incovenienced the court, so the court inconvenienced him by making him sit in the cells for a couple of hours.
I don't know if I misread the original article - but this kid was there being sentenced for another crime (bulglary)! I'm sure he would have been very keen to be kicked out and go home!
The boy was already facing some charges and on top of that if he doesn't follow the rules of the court, he should be given some sort of punishment or something.
I wonder if the fact that he was 17 had anything to do with it, would they lock up a 30 year old who got a call?
The 30 year old probably wouldn't had acted so rudely. He was given a few hours in the cells. It isn't like he was given 2 years. I don't get why some people are defending him. Oh yeah, I forgot to bring up the fact he was a burglar.
I don’t think age would matter. Then again why would a 30 year old act in such a manner? Its today’s youth that is the problem, under classed rejects that leech the social welfare system. Also the paper said he let it ring, that means it could have went off for around 30 or so seconds before he picked up the call.
Well i take this whole thing as hilarious. I mean whats wrong in taking up a call in court and even if he took, then he must have been warned first before placing him into cel...
Well, I guess it all depends on what stage the trial was in. If this teen was part of the jury, then I could see the judges point....although I probably would just have dismissed him from the case and called in one of the alternate jurors. I think that this judge, like many judges today, was stroking his own ego by giving jail time.