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Oxford student Lavinia Woodward 'may avoid jail' for knife attack

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Norpig

Norpig
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

Is this fair, if this was your average working class man or woman on the street would they have been as lenient? I think not but what do you think? Should she be given another chance?

An "extraordinary" Oxford University student who stabbed her ex-boyfriend in the leg may avoid jail as it would affect her career prospects, a judge has said.
Lavinia Woodward, 24, attacked the man at Christ Church college, while she was under the influence of drink and drugs.
She admitted inflicting grievous body harm, the Oxford Mail reported.
At Oxford Crown Court, Judge Ian Pringle QC said he believed the attack was "a complete one-off".
"To prevent this extraordinary, able young lady from following her long-held desire to enter the profession she wishes to, would be a sentence which would be too severe," he said.
Laptop thrown
"What you did will never, I know, leave you, but it was pretty awful, and normally it would attract a custodial sentence."
Medical student Woodward met the Cambridge University student on dating app Tinder, the court heard.
During the attack at the college, she thumped him, lunged at him with a bread knife, and stabbed him in the leg.
She also threw a laptop, glass, and jam jar at him before stabbing herself, the court heard.
Judge Pringle was told Woodward had become addicted to drugs and had previously been in an abusive relationship with a previous boyfriend.
He said he would take an "exceptional" course of action and defer sentencing until September.
Defence barrister James Sturman QC had argued it would be "almost impossible" for Woodward to become a surgeon once she had disclosed her conviction to employers.
The judge ordered Woodward to remain drug-free, and told her she would be sentenced on 25 September.
Francis FitzGibbon, the chair of the Criminal Bar Association, told the BBC's Today programme the case was "unusual".
"The judge must take into account determination or demonstration of steps to address addiction, so it sounds as though he's giving her a chance and I think the judge would do that for anyone wherever they came from in the right circumstances.
"I don't know if her future prospects are the critical factor in this.
"Maybe if she does really badly [on her drug rehabilitation] he'll think again."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-39947017

Natasha Whittam

Natasha Whittam
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

Everyone should be treated the same, regardless of background or future career.

If this was a young black guy from Manchester he'd almost certainly be looking at serious time behind bars. Shouldn't be any different for a young white woman who attends Oxford Uni.

boltonbonce

boltonbonce
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

I wouldn't want her operating on me.

gloswhite

gloswhite
Guðni Bergsson
Guðni Bergsson

At 24, she's no kid, and her decision-making is piss poor. Using her excuse that she was under the influence only compounds the crime, as she wasn't intelligent enough to steer clear of them. Sounds like a flawed young girl who acts extremely unpredictably when in uncertain circumstances. Chuck her out. We only have the word of a couple of people that she's sane and sensible, and they have a vested interest in keeping her on the books.

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