Judge who said burglar was brave refuses to jail paedophile because he'd 'have a hard time': Child-abuse campaigners attack let-off for serial offender

Judge who said burglar was brave refuses to jail paedophile because he'd 'have a hard time': Child-abuse campaigners attack let-off for serial offender 

He is the judge who thinks  burglars are ‘courageous’ – an opinion which earned him an official reprimand for damaging public confidence in the courts.  Now Peter Bowers is at the centre of another controversy, this time for letting a convicted paedophile skip jail because he thought he ‘would suffer very badly’ in prison.