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Video shows judge 'using cocaine' | |
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A Brazilian cleaner accused of blackmailing two judges claims she saw a video of them together, showing the woman judge apparently taking cocaine. | |
Roselane Driza, 37, told the Old Bailey jury she also found a video showing the male judge in bed with another woman. | |
Ms Driza denies stealing the videos and threatening the judges, who had been lovers, for employing her illegally. | |
She admitted asking the female judge for £20,000, but said it was compensation for discrimination. | |
Ms Driza told the Old Bailey she had been sacked without reason after five years of employment. | |
The judges, colleagues at the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal, both employed her as a cleaner, the trial has heard. | The judges, colleagues at the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal, both employed her as a cleaner, the trial has heard. |
It has been claimed she told the female judge, known in court as J, that she was a student who had been granted refugee status when she was employed. | It has been claimed she told the female judge, known in court as J, that she was a student who had been granted refugee status when she was employed. |
But Ms Driza told the court that when J had employed her, she knew her visa had expired and suggested Ms Driza see one of her friends to help. | But Ms Driza told the court that when J had employed her, she knew her visa had expired and suggested Ms Driza see one of her friends to help. |
She said she did not have to answer me because she was a judge and I was a cleaning lady Roselane Driza | She said she did not have to answer me because she was a judge and I was a cleaning lady Roselane Driza |
Speaking through an interpreter she told the trial on Friday she had been sacked over the phone, after working for J for five years, without explanation. | Speaking through an interpreter she told the trial on Friday she had been sacked over the phone, after working for J for five years, without explanation. |
When she phoned back to ask why, the judge flew into a rage and screamed abuse at her, the court was told. | When she phoned back to ask why, the judge flew into a rage and screamed abuse at her, the court was told. |
"She said she did not have to answer me because she was a judge and I was a cleaning lady," Ms Driza, of South Norwood, south London, told the court. | "She said she did not have to answer me because she was a judge and I was a cleaning lady," Ms Driza, of South Norwood, south London, told the court. |
The trial has heard that the male judge, known in court as I, then decided to terminate her employment with him, because of his friendship with J - with whom he had previously been in a relationship. | |
But he then struck up a relationship with Ms Driza and kept it secret from J, the trial has heard. | But he then struck up a relationship with Ms Driza and kept it secret from J, the trial has heard. |
She admitted asking for £20,000 in compensation "for the way I had been treated, racism and discrimination, my distress and the calling of names and the bad words". | She admitted asking for £20,000 in compensation "for the way I had been treated, racism and discrimination, my distress and the calling of names and the bad words". |
J earlier told the court earlier in the week she had never taken the cocaine. | |
The trial continues. | The trial continues. |