Man tried to trick judge with Pope letter

A FORMER call centre worker who tried to hoodwink a judge with a bogus character reference from the Pope escaped a jail term yeterday.

Julian Evans, 28, of Wiefield Road, Monmouth, south Wales, claimed support from the Pontiff himself in a bid to escape justice.

Judge John Curran warned him that he would normally have been jailed for his “ludicrous” attempt to pervert the course of justice.