article_snippet.sent: An Old Bailey judge has blasted An Old Bailey judge for ‘taking An Old Bailey judge eye off the ball’ and passing an 'unlawful' sentence when letting a BT manager dodge jail for a £28,000 expenses scam.
article_snippet.sent: Judge Nicholas Cooke QC (left) blasted Judge Nicholas Cooke QC (left) junior colleague Recorder Stuart Trimmer QC (right) for 'taking Judge Nicholas Cooke QC (left) off the ball' when Judge Nicholas Cooke QC (left) sentenced Christopher Starrs in January this year .
article_snippet.sent: Tamplin was jailed for two years at January's sentencing hearing, but Judge Nicholas Cooke QC (left) spared Christopher Starrs jail as an ‘act of mercy’ - although Judge Nicholas Cooke QC (left) ordered Judge Nicholas Cooke QC (left) to repay the money Judge Nicholas Cooke QC (left) took and pay a £1,500 fine.
article_snippet.sent: However, Judge Nicholas Cooke QC (left) has now said the sentence was ‘unlawful’ - and added Christopher Starrs should have been sent to prison for prison crimes.
article_snippet.sent: It was an unlawful sentence passed and now I need to do something to put It right, because It was negligence on the parties involved in the matter,’ Judge Nicholas Cooke QC (left) said.
article_snippet.sent: ‘Judge Nicholas Cooke QC (left) was mercifully dealt with, sadly by a judge who didn’t
article_snippet.sent: have Judge Nicholas Cooke QC (left) eye on the ball.
article_snippet.sent: ’ Judge Nicholas Cooke QC (left) told Mark Haslam, defending:
article_snippet.sent: ‘What the Recorder did was to impose a package of sentencing options that wasn’t available to Judge Nicholas Cooke QC (left).
article_snippet.sent: But Judge Nicholas Cooke QC (left) said it was not possible to imposed a financial penalty at the same time as postponing a confiscation order.
article_snippet.sent: Turning Judge Nicholas Cooke QC (left) fire on the barristers who were at the sentencing hearing, Judge Nicholas Cooke QC (left) added:
article_snippet.sent: ‘Judge Nicholas Cooke QC (left) should have been told what Judge Nicholas Cooke QC (left) powers were.
article_snippet.sent: After Judge Nicholas Cooke QC (left) heard the CPS will now drop the confiscation proceedings, Prosecutor John Ojakovoh said the original sentence will stand, quipping: ‘
article_snippet.sent: the barristers who were at the sentencing hearing admitted the barristers who were at the sentencing hearing had failed to spot the sentencing blunder at the time.
article_snippet.sent: Sentencing Recorder Trimmer, who has led a string of high-profile Serious Fraud Office prosecutions in the last two years, said: ‘
article_snippet.sent: he was not at court today due to a mix-up over whether he was required to attend.
highlights_snippet.sent: But senior judge has now said senior judge colleague took 'senior judge eye off the ball'
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Nicholas Cooke QC said wheelchair-bound Starrs should have been jailed .
  