During a lull in the proceedings I enquired and she told me I'd been responsible for not sending her to custody for an assault some years ago when I was chairing a Youth Court. Apparently, the talking to I gave her back then was sufficient to assist in changing her lifestyle and she went on to get A levels, a law degree and called to the bar.
Curiously, this wasn't the first time I'd met an advocate who had previously been before my Bench as a youth