- Timothy Gledhill, 40, wept in court when he was told his appeal had failed
- He told the judge that 'holding a water pistol isn't illegal, it's a toy'
- Sour faced Judge Nigel, at Canterbury Crown Court, said what he did 'wasn't funny'
By Ted Thornhill: A maths teacher has been convicted of assault by a British judge for squirting his ex-partner with a water pistol.
Timothy Gledhill, 40, wept in court when he was told a judge would not be overturning the conviction.
Gledhill feared professional ruin after he was found guilty of soaking his furious victim with a child's toy in a 'humiliating' attack during two heated rows.
During the appeal he was asked if the water had struck Catherine Weir in the attack and Gledhill told the judge and two magistrates that it was a question of probability.
He said he had fired the water pistol and could not rule out that water had not accidentally hit her, but added: 'I haven't done anything wrong.'
By : Transgender individuals are in the news again, particularly teenage transgender boys who want to use girl’s bathroom and changing facilities. I find this debate particularly interesting because of the giant wrench it throws into feminist theory. According to feminism, gender is a social construct, and there is no such thing as a ‘male’ or ‘female’ brain – we are all humans and any observable differences are down to socialization, and that is that.
Timothy Gledhill, 40, wept in court when he was told a judge would not be overturning the conviction.
By Michael Krieger: I want to start off this post by making it clear that I’m not remotely anti-vaccine. Personally, I chose to receive a Hepatitis A shot prior to my Asia travels last winter, and I also recently received a TDAP booster in order to reduce the risk of transferring pertussis to my newborn son, which can be quite dangerous if contracted by babies.