Winchester Crown Court's top judge he retires from role
HE HAS jailed murderers, attackers and even a naked rambler, but now after a more than a decade Winchester Crown Court’s most senior judge will pack away his wig for the final time this month. The Recorder of Winchester Judge Keith Cutler CBE is to retire on January 29, having held the position since November 2009. Once named the “the Smiling Assassin” by court staff, the stalwart known for his swift but stern sentencing style has looked back at his time in the profession. Called to the Bar in July 1972, Judge Cutler became a circuit judge in 1996 and was later appointed as the ...