Tristan Kirk, the Standard’s indefatigable courts correspondent, appeared on the BBC’s Today programme this morning while many of us were still in our slumbers.
In it, he told the story of a 78-year-old woman who was prosecuted for failing to pay her car insurance and fined £40, as well as £100 in costs and a £16 victim surcharge. So far, so unremarkable. Except, the closer he looked the more extraordinary it became.
