Judge resorts to expletives in court

A judge in Chelmsford Crown Court used an expletive-laden response when a racist thug hurled abuse at her in court yesterday.

John Hennigan, 50, was involved in a slanging match with Judge Patricia Lynch QC. Hennigan was being sentenced for breaching an Asbo by using racist language towards a Caribbean woman and her two young children when he said she was a "bit of a c---".

Judge Lynch replied: "You are a bit of a c--- yourself." When Hennigan shouted back: "Go f--- yourself", the judge replied: "You too."

He reportedly shouted "Sieg Heil" and banged the glass panel of the dock as he was jailed for 18 months.
Hennigan was in breach of an Asbo imposed in 2005 when a swastika was discovered daubed on the front door of his council house.