Knowledge of the law is no excuse

By | September 27, 2006

A Brazilian woman, illegally living and working in Britain, has been convicted of blackmailing a female immigration judge who had employed her. Roselane Driza also had an intimate relationship with another (male) immigration judge and stole 2 explicit video tapes from him, one featuring him and the first judge in flagrante delicto. In addition, Driza claimed that the tape showed the female judge snorting cocaine. Evidence presented included text messages from the male judge to Driza, calling her, among other things, “chilli hot stuff.”

According to the Sun, “The conduct of the Judges involved may be investigated.” Granted, we’re not familiar with the rules of English jurisprudence, or the ethical codes thereof. But it seems to us that at the very least, immigration judges who are known to have employed or engaged in any relationship with illegal aliens must immediately be removed from their positions. To do otherwise would be to make a mockery of the law. Or to prove true the words of Dickens’ Mr. Bumble: “The law is a ass — a idiot.”