High British Official Guilty of Contempt
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LONDON — Britain’s Court of Appeal on Friday found Home Secretary (Interior Minister) Kenneth Baker guilty of contempt of court for failing to prevent the deportation of a Zairean teacher.
Three judges ruled 2 to 1 that Baker was in contempt “by reason of his personal decision” to order the Zairean, who was seeking asylum, to be deported May 2 though a judge had ordered his deportation delayed pending a court challenge. A review of his case had been scheduled on the same day he was deported to Kinshasa.
This is the first time a British government minister has been found guilty of contempt of court.
The opposition Labor Party called for Baker’s immediate resignation.
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