Oxford student who stabbed boyfriend may be spared jail
Posted May 18, 2017 07:06:12 AM.
Last Updated May 18, 2017 07:53:25 AM.
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LONDON – A British judge has deferred sentencing an Oxford University student who pleaded guilty to stabbing her boyfriend in a drug-fueled argument, after remarking that the “extraordinary” woman might not be able to become a surgeon.
Oxford Crown Court Judge Ian Pringle last week put off sentencing Lavinia Woodward, 24, until September.
He suggested he might not give her a custodial sentence.
The Oxford Times reported that Pringle reasoned that “if this was a one-off, a complete one-off, to prevent this extraordinary able young lady from not following her long-held desire to enter the profession she wishes to, would be a sentence which would be too severe.”
Francis FitzGibbon, the Criminal Bar Association chair, said Wednesday that Pringle has given her a chance to address her drug addiction before sentencing.
