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Blackmail, Inappropriate Touching And Assault, Amongst Some Other Offences: Annual Judicial Roll Of Shame Released

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Most of the 79 members of the judiciary disciplined for misconduct last year were magistrates, although some senior judges found themselves in hot water, too – the freshly-released Office for Judicial Complaints annual report reveals. Here are the highlights.

District Judge Michael Wood – “inappropriate” touching and comments

Deputy High Court Judge James Allen QC – assault (or, as the Mail put it, “battering his wife because she hadn't cooked his dinner”)

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