Justice taken in by the cleaner

Driza faces a substantial prison term

In London, it was revealed that 60-year-old immigration tribunal judge Mohammed Ilyias Khan had an affair with his 37-year-old Brazilian cleaner Roselane Driza from South Norwood, south London.

Justice Ilyias Khan said he was a fool to embark on an affair with his Brazilian cleaner as he had become "a complete and total puppy to her." He told the Old Bailey on Thursday he had started a relationship with Ms Driza after she stopped being his cleaner.

The court was told he found it hard to get Ms Driza to leave and that she continued to live at his flat rent-free, the court heard. She was still at Ilyias Khan's flat when she was arrested on 25 October 2005.

Asked by Frances Oldham QC, defending, why he was still sleeping with her in 2005, Ilyias Khan said it was because he did not want her to pursue her threats. Ms Driza had taken two videos of him having sex with other women and threatened to send them to his "boss", Lord Falconer, the court heard.

Mrs Oldham said: "Your motive of being friendly with the defendant was entirely for your own selfish reasons.

"You were using her as a cheap housekeeper with whom you were able to enjoy sex."

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