A senior Leicestershire magistrate was suspended and investigated by one of the country's highest judicial bodies after he tried to pay a defendant's fine in court.Nigel Allcoat, 65, of Burbage, who has since resigned, tried to pay towards the £180 criminal courts charge levied on a penniless asylum seeker who appeared before him at Leicester Magistrates three weeks ago.Poll: Should the criminal courts charge be reformed? Vote in our poll which can be found to the right hand side of the...
