It's the judges opinion, stated during the summing-up - an opinion which suggests her judgement was far from neutral. Retrials have been demanded for less.
It won't have been stated or challenged in prosecution evidence because it won't have been a charge. His offence was to skip bail. Charging him for the costs the police incurred in stopping him from skipping somewhere else was not on the menu and would have been laughed out of court if it had been.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
