Teenage mugger spared jail after clutching rosary and telling judge he had ‘found God’

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Teenage mugger spared jail after clutching rosary and telling judge he had ‘found God’

February 21st, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

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Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 4:30 PM on 20th February 2012

A teenage mugger has been spared a possible seven-year-jail term after telling a crown court judge he found God in prison.

John Murray, 19, tried to mug two students of their mobile phones and wallets after a night drinking and taking drugs.

Coventry Crown Court heard Murray hit one of the students so hard in the face he was knocked off his feet.

John Murray walked free from Coventry Crown Court after Recorder Edward Hess heard he had found god

Murray had downed two bottles of vodka and smoked £50 worth of cannabis before he and a group of friends ambushed the students outside Coventry University’s Student Union Bar.

Rhydian James, prosecuting, said: ‘The defendant told the first student to give him his phone.

‘The student put his phone in his pocket but the defendant became aggressive.

‘He asked again and that scared the student who walked away.

‘The defendant then approached the second student and said ‘give me your wallet and your mobile phone.’

‘He then clenched his right fist and punched the second student in the face.

‘He punched him so hard he was knocked off his feet.’

A PCSO witnessed the attack and radioed for back-up who rushed to the scene and arrested Murray.

The court heard Murray told officers he could not remember the assault because he was drunk and high on drugs at the time.

John Murray, 19, clutched a rosary throughout his sentencing hearing at Coventry Crown Court after finding god while on remand for assault at a young offender's institution

John Murray, 19, clutched a rosary throughout his sentencing hearing at Coventry Crown Court after finding god while on remand for assault at a young offender’s institution

And despite the crime having a maximum seven year sentence, Murray walked free after the judge heard how he had ‘found God’ while on remand.

Recorder Edward Hess heard Murray had visited the chaplain in Glen Parva Young Offenders Institution in Leicestershire every day since the attack in November last year.

Murray, who admitted assault with intent to rob, clutched a rosary during the 20-minute hearing last Friday.

He was given a two year community order and ordered to be electronically tagged for three months. Recorder Hess also ordered to attend a thinking skills course.

Shabeen Ahktar, defending, told the court: ‘This is something that was completely out of character.

‘Having spoken to him it is clear that this is a young man who is genuinely remorseful. He broke down in tears when he was reminded of how his victim suffered.’

Murray, from Exhall, Coventry, refused to comment outside court.

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Andy B Derby 16.18
*Are all judges stupid ?*
YEP

– beachboy , calahonda spain, 20/2/2012 16:44

Ha ha ha! Another judge taken in by a sob story. How many more people will he assault and rob before he finally gets jailed? Myra Hindley tried the old religion chestnut but it only fooled Lord Longford. The rest of us saw through it.

– Farmer Giles, Truro, Cornwall, 20/2/2012 16:43

I didn’t know that God was missing.

– Christian, London, 20/2/2012 16:43

Sorry officer I know I bumped the mother in law off yesterday but I am ok now cause I have just found god You could not make up the stupidity of some of our judges can you

– DAVID HAYES, COVENTRY, 20/2/2012 16:40

I think all of our judges have been lobotomized.

– An Englishwoman, Newcastle UK/Tampa FL, 20/2/2012 16:39

Are all judges stupid?
– Andy B, Derby uk, 20/2/2012 16:18
Andy. Im afraid they are !. They pay more attention to the fancy dress they wear than dishing out punishment to fit the crime.

– Thimbles, Norwich , 20/2/2012 16:38

So he found God. Was God ever lost? What he meant was he remembered to bring the rosary to court. IA good ploy i.First we had a judge who stopped an immigrant form deportation because he had a newly acquired cat. Then there was an immigrant who was allowed to stay because he loved cricket.. The cat lover could have taken his cat with him and the criket lover could play on some foreign field which is not forever England. I wonder what talisman is to be used next.

– The silent observer, London, 20/2/2012 16:35

Oh for Gods sake!

– Olivia , ¨Paris, 20/2/2012 16:30

Laughing my wotsit off, this Judge must live in cloud cuckoo land.

– Glenda, Carmarthenshire, 20/2/2012 16:27

What on earth is the judge thinking of? Surely a cross is not permitted in this country. Should we allow Christianity to be mentioned in court? What is this country coming to, acknowledging our own faith. But it could set a trend now we realise that judges are even more stupid than we thought to actually believe him. Amen.

– Pam, W Yorkshire, 20/2/2012 16:23

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