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A judge accused of being too lenient against three women who were not jailed after being found guilty of sporting pictures of Hamas paragliders on their jackets has now been accused of violating judicial rules in a separate case.
Judge Tanweer Ikram found the three women, all in their mid-twenties, guilty at Westminster Magistrates Court of inviting support for a proscribed organisation, a charge that can carry up to 14 years behind bars, but did not impose a jail term or community order, saying their lesson had been 'well-learned'.
Ikram has now been accused of violating the judiciary's code of conduct by talking about jailing a police officer.
The deputy senior judge told students during a presentation last year that he had 'horrified' the police by jailing an officer who had sent out racist WhatsApp messages, the Telegraph reported.
But the Court and Tribunals Judiciary code of conduct bars judges from talking about 'cases they or colleagues hear', and they are told not to 'comment on matters of controversy.'
Judge Tanweer Ikram (pictured) found the three women, all in their mid-twenties, guilty at Westminster Magistrates Court of inviting support for a proscribed organisation
The three women wore images of Hamas paragliders during a protest
Ikram reportedly told students at the College of DuPage, in Illinois, 'I sent somebody to prison recently.
'It was a police officer. He was on
