The Facts-- a Manx lawyer explains the legal and procedural aspects of the judicial birch in the Isle of Man.

A hazel rod is particularly painful; a bundle of four or five hazel twigs was used in the 1960s and 1970s on the Isle of Man, the last jurisdiction in Europe to use birching as a judicial penalty. [2] …

The Birch consists of a number of young branches from a birch tree, bound together with fibre to form a handle. Originally a punishment in public schools and the Royal Navy, the birch was …

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The four 19-year-old Glasgow youths who were given nine strokes of the birch on the Isle of Man are revealed as babbling cowards. Miserable little bullies who profess themselves shocked at …

Corporal punishment is defined in the Manx Acts as whipping. In relation to a child of 10 to 14 it is the cane, in relation to a young person 14 to 17 or adult it is the birch. The Courts which have …

Sep 3, 2000 · He was the last policeman to administer the birch on the Isle of Man. That claim to fame may make Cliff sound ferocious and, indeed, 71-year-old Cliff's wife Margaret explained …

more recent. For it was in the 1970s that the use of the birch in the Isle of Man became one of the stories of the decade. In England, Scotland and Wales judicial corporal punishment was …

Aug 19, 2013 · The judicial birch, often known as a senior birch, was between four and sometimes six feet long and weighed at least one pound (450g), and consisted of up to 16 lengths. It was …

Apr 1, 2011 · Documentary which lifts the veil on the taboo that is corporal punishment.