An ‘overly familiar’ district judge has been sacked after a complaint that he sent a colleague a ‘highly sexualised image’.
District Judge Andrew Simpson has been removed from office for gross misconduct because of the ‘wholly inappropriate’ behaviour, which allegedly also included ‘unwanted physical contact’ and referring to himself and colleagues in ‘highly inappropriate terms’.
A disciplinary panel recommended a reprimand — the most serious sanction short of dismissal — but Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr and Lord Chancellor David Lammy concluded Judge Simpson’s position was untenable due to the ‘seriousness of the misconduct’.
An investigation found the judge had abused his position,
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