A Manchester magistrate who refused to deal with a defendant because she was wearing a full Muslim face veil could face disciplinary action
BBC, Magistrate walks out in veil row
Maybe the magistrate was remembering this:
Mustaf Jama, a prime suspect in the fatal shooting of PC Sharon Beshenivsky, assumed his sister’s identity — wearing the niqab and using her passport — to evade supposedly stringent checks at Heathrow, according to police sources
TimesOnline, police killer suspect escape
and this:
The jury at Woolwich Crown Court saw footage of Yassin Omar, 26, wearing a black full-length dress and burka with a handbag over his arm.
