Bolt_Gundam510 Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (Reuters) -- A South African sentenced to a month in jail for allowing his cell phone to ring noisily in a courtroom had the sentence overturned on appeal Friday.Keri Gwyn Lewis was convicted after his cell phone rang while he was sitting in the public gallery of the Johannesburg High Court, and he answered it while leaving the room.SAPA news agency said the irritated judge sent bailiffs after Lewis, who "was ordered into the witness stand, questioned about his conduct, convicted of contempt of court on the spot and sentenced to a month in jail."The Supreme Court of Appeal on Friday voted unanimously to overturn the conviction, saying it violated Lewis' constitutional right to a fair trial with legal representation, SAPA said."A rebuke or some other indication of disapproval should in most cases be an adequate measure to discourage cell phone transgressions in court," the judgment read.Source: CNN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROMANTICGUY50 Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 Yeah a month in jail makes no sense to me at all. I.m glad that it was overturned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 personally, i think they should have shot him in the head. All kidding aside people there are places that you have to shut cell phone ringers off.... Live theater, movies, court rooms and a few other places. i was in a movie not too long ago and a young woman was getting cell phone calls and speaking loud enough to be heard several rows around her. On the 5 call another movie patron grabbed the cell phone from her ear, took the battery out gave her the battery, kept the phone and told her maybe he would give it to her at the end of the movie...we all clapped our approval. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROMANTICGUY50 Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 personally, i think they should have shot him in the head. All kidding aside people there are places that you have to shut cell phone ringers off.... Live theater, movies, court rooms and a few other places. i was in a movie not too long ago and a young woman was getting cell phone calls and speaking loud enough to be heard several rows around her. On the 5 call another movie patron grabbed the cell phone from her ear, took the battery out gave her the battery, kept the phone and told her maybe he would give it to her at the end of the movie...we all clapped our approval.Your right you can use them in movie theaters churches(In our church they say at the end of worship to please turn off your cell phones) People should turn them off when they go into a special place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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