March 18, 2008

Quite clearly thoroughly pissed off with the antics of Heather Mills, the judge in their divorce case, mr Justice Bennett, proffered these withering remarks in his now-published ruling:

"Having watched and listened to her give evidence, having studied the documents, and having given in her favour every allowance for the enormous strain she must have been under (and in conducting her own case), I am driven to the conclusion that much of her evidence, both written and oral, was not just inconsistent and inaccurate but also less than candid. Overall she was a less than impressive witness.”

The judge said he could not accept Miss Mills's case that she was wealthy and independent by the time she met the former Beatle in the middle of 1999.

“I find that the wife’s case as to her wealth in 1999 to be wholly exaggerated. The assertion that she was a wealthy person in 1999 is, of course, the first step in her overall case that her career, which in 1999 she says was one producing rich financial rewards, was thereafter blighted by the husband during their relationship.”

The judge backed Sir Paul's assertion that their ``true and settled relationship'' began upon marriage in June 2002 and not, as Miss Mills asserted, in March 2000.

In assessing their relationship before their marriage, the judge said the background was of importance.

“The husband’s wife, Linda, had died in 1998.

“Their marriage endured for some 30 years.

“Repeatedly in his evidence the husband described how, even during his relationship with the wife in 1999 to 2002, he was grieving for Linda.

“I have no doubt the husband found the wife very attractive. But equally I have no doubt that he was still very emotionally tied to Linda.”

The judge said it was “not without significance” that until Sir Paul married Miss Mills, he wore the wedding ring given to him by Linda.

“Upon being married to the wife, he removed it and it was replaced by a ring given to him by the wife.

“The wife, for her part, must have felt rather swept off her feet by a man as famous as the husband. I think this may well have warped her perception, leading her to indulge in make-believe. The objective facts do not support her case.”

And then he gave her £24.3 million fucking quid.

Christ - I'd have shot her for half of that.