Celebrity Lawyer Dean Dunham asks; Did the probation service get it wrong with Boy George?
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
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.
