Frank Caprio, US judge who found fame online for his compassion, dies aged 88

Host of TV show Caught in Providence billed his courtroom as a place ‘where people and cases are met with kindness’

Frank Caprio, a retired municipal judge in Rhode Island who found online fame for his compassionate nature as host of the reality courtroom series Caught in Providence, has died aged 88.

Caprio’s official social media accounts said that he “passed away peacefully” after “a long and courageous battle with pancreatic cancer”.