Cleaner Scandal

An immigration judge who had an affair with his illegal immigrant cleaner will keep his job, the Office for Judicial Complaints has announced. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips, says Judge Mohammed Ilyas Khan and a woman judge known as Judge J—who jointly employed Roselane Driza—showed poor judgment in employing the Brazilian cleaner without checking her immigration status. However, says Lord Phillips, further detailed enquiries into this matter will not be pursued given that Khan “continues to suffer from ill health and Judge J no longer holds judicial appointment”. Driza was convicted of blackmailing Judge J and stealing intimate videos from Khan in 2006. She was later cleared of blackmailing Khan.