Judge discharged without conviction

.....and can't make up her mind what her name is?

Judge Mary-Beth Sharp or AKA Mary-Elizabeth Willis. Depending on what charges she is facing.

http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/judgejock-judge-gets-hook-oap-gets-kicking-and-courts-get-corporate

Luke-Warm Breaking News:
Mary-Beth Sharp, also known as Mary-Elizabeth Willis, a district court judge, of Auckland, who was walking her son’s boxer dog George when it startled and slightly injured another walker, was discharged without conviction and ordered to pay $500 compensation.
Judge Sharp, aka Willis, did not appear when her case was called in Auckland district court this week.
According to a media report, Queen’s counsel Privett Reed said Sharp and her family had behaved impeccably towards the female victim, offering financial assistance and even baking her a cake.
Among other things, Judge Kevin Phillips said Sharp, aka Willis, had an unblemished record and a conviction would adversely impact on her job as a judge.
Who is Mary-Beth Sharp, aka Mary-Elizabeth Willis?
In December last year Judge Sharp, aka Willis, refused to let Radio New Zealand tape record a lawyer’s forgery hearing unless the judge herself vetted the intended broadcast before it aired.
Radio New Zealand – which reported the hearing without taping it – refused to be censored by the judge because it would seriously compromise its editorial independence.
Judge Sharp, aka Willis, went on to discharge lawyer Anita Killeen without conviction after the ex-Serious Fraud Office prosecutor pleaded guilty to charges of forgery and using a forged document.
Judicial Conduct Commissioner Sir David Gascoigne later dismissed a complaint against Judge Sharp, aka Willis, that her decision to discharge Ms Killeen was “strongly biased”.

Then she goes and has a dispute with her neighbour. Judge Lovell-Smith

When Judges fall out
In 2002 Judge Sharp, aka Willis, was involved in a lively stoush with her neighbour – fellow judge Jane Lovell-Smith – over bright floodlights Judge Sharp, aka Willis, installed around an equestrian area on her lifestyle property.
Judge Lovell-Smith argued the floodlights upset her horses and shone into her house.
The judicial pair were once good chums, but following the lighting incident Judge Lovell-Smith requested she be transferred out of the Manukau Court, where both women sat.
Judge Sharp, aka Willis, has been in regular employment as a judge for 17 years.

Bet they don't go riding together anymore.


Do not leave your car unattended when this Judge is around!

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10589463