Uni student's court text lands her in jail

Oct 17 2008 by Sue Bardon, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

A STUDENT who missed the chance of her dream work placement at Disney World in Florida after being jailed for interfering in an assault trial has had her sentence slashed by two thirds by the country’s top judge.

Huddersfield University hospitality management student, Kelly Leanne Cameron, 20, was sentenced to 12 months of youth custody after admitting doing an act tending or intended to pervert the course of justice at Bradford Crown court in August.

Today, that sentence was cut to four months, meaning Cameron will be free from custody imminently – but not soon enough to take up her prestigious placement.

Delivering the court’s judgement today, the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, told how Cameron, who lives in Huddersfield, was the only student on her course to be offered such a prized job opportunity.

And, because she now has a criminal record, it is uncertain whether she would ever be allowed into the United States to take up another placement if one became available, he said.