"His Honour Judge Bowers, on the North Eastern Circuit since 18th of October 1995."
[not that this is laid out, but...] He will/may have had a long career appearing in front of Judges in criminal cases. Most likely for the Defence, but this is not stated.
http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/
While those who make the law are free, seemingly, to avoid the truth and throw insults around willy-nilly, these same do enjoy a brief respite from the long couple of hours or so they spend under the public gaze (in common with their 'fluffers' in the media) with a tight 'quote' from the utterances of others.
Prestidigitation, I calls it.
