BRITISH DISTRICT JUDGE CONVERTS to ISLAM (Marilyn MORNINGTON)

BRITISH DISTRICT JUDGE CONVERTS TO ISLAM (Marilyn MORNINGTON) TUESDAY 22 JANUARY 2008 District Judge MORNINGTON: If people reach either the criminal courts or family courts as a society we have already failed them and the children. We need educative programmes at EVERY level, from parenting to children at school, to information at school and the good work that is being done with little ones who are already damaged, to programmes in prisons for prisoners and general media programmes. I am desperately short of places where I can send entire families for holistic therapy. I do not want to separate families but bring them together at least for contact in a safe and positive way. That is what every judge in the country wants. We feel very hidebound by lack of resources. Mr Streeter: In your experience how much domestic violence is alcohol-related? District Judge Mornington: Alcohol and drugs are used as EXCUSES and exacerbate domestic violence as do mental health and socio-economic problems. The reality is that domestic violence is about POWER and CONTROL and perpetrators will be violent whether they have been drinking, abuse drugs or whatever. Most of the families I see DO NOT have ONE PROBLEM BUT A VARIETY of them, particularly to do with mental health, all of which I have to address. District Judge Mornington: There has been a total lack of understanding of how deep the concepts of IZAT and Honour dictate the lives of many people in our communities, particularly those of …
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