outburst from magistrate Ed King about the delights of Crown Prosecutor Veronica Gordon's fashion sense.

After spotting Ms Gordon in a black two-piece trouser suit Mr. King said: "You are one of the best dressed people who appear in front of this court.

Keep it up and don't let your standards drop.

"A barrister should always look like a barrister when he or she appears in court. You are a shining light.'' Ms Gordon later confessed that her attire that day had been nothing special.

She added: "I'm not the least bit embarrassed by what he said as I might have been if it was somebody else. He's always saying it.''