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Cleaner denies judges blackmail Video shows judge 'using cocaine'
(about 3 hours later)
A Brazilian cleaner accused of blackmailing two judges who she had worked for illegally has denied the charges she is facing. 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, admitted asking for £20,000 from a female judge, but said it was compensation for "racism and discrimination" she had suffered. Roselane Driza, 37, told the Old Bailey jury she also found a video showing the male judge in bed with another woman.
She told the Old Bailey she had been sacked without reason after five years. Ms Driza denies stealing the videos and threatening the judges, who had been lovers, for employing her illegally.
Ms Driza denies threatening to expose both judges for employing her and stealing sex videos from one of them. 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 DrizaShe 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 a 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. 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.
Ms Driza told the court she had been round at I's flat on Boxing Day 2004 when J came round and started demanding to be let in, knocking on the door so hard "she seemed like a volcano".
She said J had later told I that Ms Driza was just interested in his money and position, and told him Ms Driza was "always drunk" and used to "sleep with two men at the same time".
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".
"All the damage - psychological. There is no money that could pay." J earlier told the court earlier in the week she had never taken the cocaine.
Ms Driza said it was Judge I who suggested the £20,000 figure to her, and she "always listened to him".
The trial continues.The trial continues.