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Celebrity Lawyer Dean Dunham asks; Did the probation service get it wrong with Boy George?
23 December 2009
Boy George is currently under 'licence' after he was released early from his 15 month prison sentence for falsely imprisoning a rent boy. Following his release he was offered a lucrative deal to join the Celebrity Big Brother House in January. His supervising probation officer initially agreed to George entering the House but the Chief Executive of the Probation Service then overturned this and refused permission.
After a High Court battle on the subject George has lost his case to overturn the Probation Service's decision and will therefore not be appearing on the show.
Dean's Comment: Did the court and probation service get it wrong? In the words of the Churchill Dog "OOOHHH YESSS" of course they did. It is a ridiculous decision where both the probation service and courts were too busy thinking about media reaction as opposed to thinking about what the correct decision was. It is clear that when someone is released on licence that the objective is to 'monitor behaviour', 'protect the public' and 'rehabilitate'. Wouldn't this have been the perfect way of achieving all three of these objectives? Instead they now have someone on their hands who will dwell on his loss of opportunity and may even turn back to drugs... For the record, if I had advised Boy George, I would have suggested that he donate half the money to charity so that he could have played the public interest card!
Celebrity Lawyer Dean Dunham on Gino D'Acampo and Stuart Manning Facing Criminal Charges
07 December 2009

I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here stars Gino D'Acampo and Stuart Manning have both received what is called "field summons notices" to appear in court in February on the charge of animal cruelty. The notices come after the RSPCA in Australia saw D'Acampo and Manning catch, kill and eat a rat whilst on the show.
Dean's Comment: "There's a rat in D'Acampo what am I going to do? I know I will catch and eat it" (bad joke but couldnt resist it but someone really needs to tell Gino that Ratatouilli does not actually have 'rat' in the ingredients!) I am no expert on Australian law so I have consulted an Australian legal coleague. He tells me that animal cruelty is taken extremely seriously in Australia and that the RSPCA down under have wide powers. However don't worry too much, our new King of the Jungle is only likely to recieve a fine and a listing on Australian's rat's most wanted list.
Celebrity Lawyer Dean Dunham and Rocker Ronnie Wood
04 December 2009

Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood was arrested and detained in custody overnight after a "domestic incident" with his young Russian girlfriend. Reports have said that Woods attacked his Russian girlfirend who is 42 years his junior. Police have said that Woods has been released on bail pending further enquiries.
Dean's Comment: I could ask what he is doing with a girlfriend 42 years younger than him, but I wont! You could also question if he is feeling insecure about having a Russian beauty young enough to be his daughter (or even grand daughter) who may just decide that she needs a younger model?? This is not my area of expertise so I am not commenting. Back to the legals, this is very simple, unless she presses charges againts him this case is going nowhere and guess what, I hear that she has packed her case and gone back to Russia (and I'm guessing that the case has a few million pounds in it)!! Watch this space, not.
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