Judge refuses to jail woman plumber who glassed nightclubber who smiled at her 'because she had been sexually harassed during training' →
A woman who glassed a male clubber that smiled at her - and then blamed the attack on the fact she was sexually harassed at work - was spared jail by a judge.
Sheona Keith threw her glass at a man in a nightclub who she thought was ‘eyeing her up’, in an unprovoked attack which resulted in him needing hospital treatment.
However, a judge refused to give her a custodial sentence after accepting that earlier sexual harassment she suffered at work was the reason behind her behaviour.
Instead, 22-year-old Keith - who admitted a charge of actual bodily harm against James Kirkham - was given a conditional discharge and ordered to pay £400 compensation by Judge Philip Wassall when she was sentenced at Exeter Crown Court.
Describing Keith’s case as ‘unique’, Judge Wassall said she had an ‘impeccable character’ and that the sexual harassment she had suffered was ‘intolerable’.
At one point he said that she threw the glass ‘without knowing’ it was in her hand and described the victim as being ‘in the wrong place at the wrong time’.
So apparently, the “gay panic” defense is abhorrent, as it’s been stated by many feminists and other activists, but “man panic” is a valid excuse for throwing a glass at someone. But there’s no institutional misandry, amirite?
Holy shit.
Not too sure if this case alone is evidence that there’s institutional hatred of men. But it’s still a double standard and pretty disgusting nonetheless.
(via just-smith)
