article_snippet.sent: But yesterday a judge at Teesside Crown Court made what even a judge at Teesside Crown Court admitted was an ‘extraordinary’ decision to let two men walk free.
article_snippet.sent: Judge James Hill, QC, said a judge at Teesside Crown Court had decided to show mercy after hearing glowing tributes and being told the Army was keen to keep glowing tributes.
article_snippet.sent: I state in open court that what I have done is entirely exceptional,’ a judge at Teesside Crown Court said.
article_snippet.sent: Instead they both walked free from court in what even the judge in the case described as 'exceptional'.
highlights_snippet.sent: Despite brutal attack both were spared jail in 'exceptional' sentencing .
  