Sweet and Sour The working world of police, judges, gaolers and occasional villains By Rod Settle

Professionals working in the criminal justice system – be they police or social workers, solicitors or barristers, magistrates or judges, gaolers or god-botherers – share a life of sordid tedium punctuated by moments of exposure to human tragedy in a stark, face-to-face manner. Sweet and Sour is a collection of short stories representing such sharing of experiences with colleagues.

CONTENTS

Focus

Horse sense

Death of a baby

Gustavo

Member in trouble

The truth, the whole truth, and...

The house-warming

Fox

Sentence

The smell of rum

Constable

This-feller

The party

Arson of a dwelling place

Cordon and search

Riot control

Gubba

Judicial discreetness

Afternoon shift

Sanguma

Officers mess

Plea in mitigation

Plea on admissibility

Drunk & disorderly

Exhibit A

Another barbeque

Member down

Epilogue: tribute to a dead mate