He said he believed the probation service was willing to introduce such reform in the wake of the Monckton case.

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He asked Miss Monckton if she thought she should have taken "personal responsibility" to inform the police authority of the need for proper justification for age discrimination.

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The tribunal judge, James Taylor, interjected to put it to Miss Monckton s that Nottinghamshire Police could be in "treacherous waters" if it did not have a justification for age discrimination.

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The case of Naomi Bryant, murdered by a released rapist, and John Monckton, whose killer was also being supervised, generated negative press coverage and questions about the nature of Probation Service supervision.

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Rosa Monckton, who was going to stand as a character witness in your trial last year, has written in the Sunday Telegraph that you've now joined the rest of the vultures in picking over the bones of her existence.

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