The creator of Rastamouse has avoided a harsh sentence for benefit fraud because a judge’s eight-year-old daughter is “a big fan” of the show.
Speaking at Southwark Crown Court, Hehir said that he had been encouraged to sentence De Souza, 64, to community service by his own daughter.
He sentenced author Michael De Souza to 160 hours of community service instead.
De Souza created Rastamouse as a series of children’s books in 2004.
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