Cheeky cow!

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Oxford student appeals against suspended sentence for stabbing



An “extraordinarily able” student from the University of Oxford who was spared jail after stabbing her boyfriend is seeking to appeal against her suspended sentence.

Lavinia Woodward, 24, pleaded guilty to unlawful wounding at Christ Church college after drinking heavily.

The judge in the case, Ian Pringle, QC, suspended her ten-month jail sentence in September, taking account of the “many mitigating” features in her case, including the damage to her career that immediate custody would cause.

She has now applied for permission to take her case to the Court of Appeal.

She was very lucky to get a suspended sentence in the first place!

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The world has gone mad!

[Melisandre]

The lunitics have taken over the asylum if she gets let off.

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Lavinia Woodward loses appeal bid to overturn sentence



An Oxford University student who was spared jail for stabbing her boyfriend has lost her latest bid to appeal against her sentence.

The Court of Appeal ruled Lavinia Woodward, 25, could not challenge her 10-month prison term which was suspended for 18 months.

She had applied to have her case heard by a full court of three judges.

Woodward pleaded guilty at Oxford Crown Court last year to unlawful wounding at Christ Church college while drunk.

At her trial, Judge Ian Pringle QC suspended her 10-month jail sentence having said he believed immediate custody would damage her career.

The case prompted a debate about inequality in the criminal justice system after he deferred her sentence to give her a chance to prove she was no longer addicted to drugs and alcohol.

He described Woodward as "an extraordinarily able young lady" and said sending her to prison would damage her hopes of becoming a surgeon.

Woodward appealed against her sentence but a judge at the Court of Appeal denied her permission after reviewing her application.

She then applied to have the case heard before more judges, who also denied her bid.

Rejecting her appeal, Judge Johannah Cutts said the Crown Court judge had taken an exceptional course by suspending her jail term and his sentence was "constructive and compassionate".