Angela Dublin has had her suspension from carrying out her work as a midwife lifted by the nursing and midwifery council (Oxford Mail, September 9), albeit with further conditions.

This ban and others like it should never have been considered in the first place.

The offence committed was a traffic/driving one.

On what grounds could this have any effect on the way she did her job?

The police and the courts are there to deal with this, as they did.

Why can anyone or any group of people be able to impose another penalty when it does not directly involve them?

Does this mean if a person was convicted of shoplifting they were banned from working in a factory because the factory supplied the goods to the shop?

This may sound stupid but if one body can impose a second penalty for the same offence so can everyone else.

I thought we had the crown legal system to deal with law-breaking, not kangaroo courts. The old saying of "do the crime, do the time" should stand.

I wonder how many of the nursing and midwifery council have had parking or speeding fines? Should this have banned them from sitting on the council?

I hope this pricks their consciences and others that practise such acts. Angela Dublin did the crime, she paid the penalty and that should be the end of it. L HOWSE, Hendon Place, Bicester