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UK Judge Retired Before He Could Be Removed Over Touching Female Staff and 'Sexualised Behaviour'

A Birmingham employment judge resigned while under investigation for inappropriate conduct towards female staff (Credit: Arthur Osipyan arty_nyc / Unsplash)

A Birmingham employment judge retired while under investigation for inappropriate conduct towards female staff and would have been removed from judicial office had he remained in the judiciary, according to a ruling published by the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO) on Wednesday.

The investigation found that Christopher Gaskell inappropriately touched a junior staff member and engaged in repeated 'sexualised behaviour' towards women working alongside him.

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