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A JUDGE who controversially allowed a knife-wielding drug dealer to stay in the UK was on the board of a pro-asylum charity.
Fiona Beach declared Christian Quadjovie, 26, was not a threat to the public.
The French-born crook had been locked up for a total of 963 days since arriving here aged ten in 2009.
But he was granted a reprieve by Judge Beach, an ex-director at Asylum Aid who represented migrants for free on behalf of the Bail for Immigration Detainees charity.
The decision has since been overturned after Government lawyers claimed her judgment was “made against the weight of evidence”.
Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick said Judge Beach’s apparent conflict of interest “undermines confidence” in the courts.
He added: “This is the latest example of an immigration judge with open borders views.
“The similarity between her decisions and the political views she has broadcast totally undermines confidence in the system. Judges must be independent.”
Last night, in a letter seen by The Sun on Sunday, Mr Jenrick made a formal request to the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office to probe whether Judge Beach, 54, had declared her previous roles.
In 2005 and 2007, she was listed in a “thank you” section of the Bail in Immigration annual report, and named as a barrister volunteering to represent its clients in court.
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