I had a good education in how what I shall call a petty legal system works, the magistrates court. When a London despatch rider I was wrongfully taken to court by a beat PC who didn't see the entire circumstances. From where he was what he thought he saw could have been interpreted as wreckless driving. But I was taking evasive action to what had gone on against me prior to his eyes on the scene. Made worse than two old ladies who didn't look but stepped straight onto a minor road.

What the PC thought was tear up despatch rider nearly ploughed over two old ladies.

So I got a Wreckless charge and decided to go and plead my case.

What helped me was my case was last of the morning and I had the benefit of experiencing the magistrates bias and his weakness. I saw that a posh person who comes with a brief is given to. His brief gave no true evidence but waffled in posh talk with old school tie type expectations from the magistrate. It was as clear as day. This brief could have got Pistorious off from this vain gutless magistrate.

Conversely every chav type with no brief was sent down with the gratest ferocity. Though the cases had nothing between them. the only difference was the social class of the different defendents and whether they could afford a brief.

So, good job I dressed in a suit.

Put on my best public school accent, and gave my account for myself in about the same style I had seen the brief do for his client.

I got off!

But to be fair I was in the right, so you could say the magistrate was clever and got it right.

It would seem that way except I saw a brief get a posh man off for something he was clearly guilty of.