Judge lifts jail term for woman whose unaccredited humanist marriage was branded as 'mumbo-jumbo'

A woman whose humanist marriage was described as "mumbo-jumbo" and "away with the fairies" by a district court judge has had her four-month jail term lifted on appeal.

Judge lifts jail term for woman whose unaccredited humanist marriage was branded as 'mumbo-jumbo'

A woman whose humanist marriage was described as "mumbo-jumbo" and "away with the fairies" by a district court judge has had her four-month jail term lifted on appeal.

At Ennis Circuit Court, Judge Gerald Keys told Patricia Fogarty (aged 41) that she had an "appalling record" after hearing that she has been caught driving without insurance eight times.

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