Leslie Boreham

Sir Leslie Kenneth Edward Boreham (19 October 1918 – 2 May 2004) was an English barrister and judge. He presided over two high-profile court cases, of the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe (1981) and Brighton bomber Patrick Magee (1986). Quotes This is an exceptional case. You have shown yourself to be a good wife, a good mother and a good housewife and I cannot think of anything more one could say about any woman. Quoted in the Evening Standard, and reported in Carol Adams and Rae Laurikietis, The Gender Trap: A Closer Look at Sex Roles (London: Virago, 1976) p. 113. Cf. Elizabeth Wordsworth External links Category:Judges from England Category:1918 births Category:2004 deaths