(Jewish News) A senior judge who faced a barrage of criticism after he “decided not to punish” three women who had displayed paraglider images at a pro-Palestinian protest in London is to be investigated over alleged bias, reports say.
Tan Ikram, the deputy chief magistrate, who allowed the trio who were convicted of terrorism offences to walk free, is to be investigated over the decision to give convicted defendants conditional discharges, after it emerged that he had recently liked a social media post that branded Israel a “terrorist” and called for a “free Palestine.”
Ikram, 58, who also sits on the body that appoints judges in England and Wales, had liked a LinkedIn post by a barrister who had previously promoted conspiracy theories claiming that Israel allowed [the] October 7th Hamas terror attack.
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