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| Judge 'urged lover to run away' | Judge 'urged lover to run away' |
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| A judge urged his Brazilian lover to flee the country after she was arrested for allegedly blackmailing him, the Old Bailey has heard. | A judge urged his Brazilian lover to flee the country after she was arrested for allegedly blackmailing him, the Old Bailey has heard. |
| Cleaner Roselane Driza, 37, told the court she would not leave because she would be "committing a crime" by breaching bail conditions. | |
| Ms Driza denies stealing videos and threatening the two immigration judges for employing her illegally. | |
| She has admitted asking the female judge for £20,000, for compensation. | She has admitted asking the female judge for £20,000, for compensation. |
| After she was arrested and bailed for blackmail charges, she contacted one judge, identified in court only as Judge I, with whom she had been living. | After she was arrested and bailed for blackmail charges, she contacted one judge, identified in court only as Judge I, with whom she had been living. |
| 'I was innocent' | 'I was innocent' |
| She began living with him after being sacked as a cleaner by another judge, a woman known as Judge J. | She began living with him after being sacked as a cleaner by another judge, a woman known as Judge J. |
| The judges were former lovers and the court heard an "emotional triangle" began to form between the three parties. | The judges were former lovers and the court heard an "emotional triangle" began to form between the three parties. |
| Ms Driza said: "I was innocent and I told him if I had to go down then I would go down innocent. By running away I would be agreeing I was guilty. I had not done anything." | Ms Driza said: "I was innocent and I told him if I had to go down then I would go down innocent. By running away I would be agreeing I was guilty. I had not done anything." |
| One video showed the Judge J allegedly snorting cocaine, while another is said to have showed Judge I in bed with another woman. | One video showed the Judge J allegedly snorting cocaine, while another is said to have showed Judge I in bed with another woman. |
| Ms Driza told the court she had destroyed a video showing Judge J taking cocaine and the judges in bed together, because she wanted to protect Judge I. | Ms Driza told the court she had destroyed a video showing Judge J taking cocaine and the judges in bed together, because she wanted to protect Judge I. |
| "It would damage him," she said. | "It would damage him," she said. |
| You were obsessed with getting back at J Prosecutor David Markham | You were obsessed with getting back at J Prosecutor David Markham |
| She denied threatening to show the tape to Judge J, and told the court she felt Judge I was being pressured by his former lover. | She denied threatening to show the tape to Judge J, and told the court she felt Judge I was being pressured by his former lover. |
| Prosecutor David Markham suggested Ms Driza had pursued a revenge campaign against Judge J and that money was a priority. | Prosecutor David Markham suggested Ms Driza had pursued a revenge campaign against Judge J and that money was a priority. |
| "You were obsessed with getting back at J," he told her. | "You were obsessed with getting back at J," he told her. |
| 'Pressure on me' | 'Pressure on me' |
| But the Brazilian denied this, saying: "She has called me all these names." | But the Brazilian denied this, saying: "She has called me all these names." |
| Ms Driza said she would not have first written to J asking for an explanation if she was simply interested in money. | Ms Driza said she would not have first written to J asking for an explanation if she was simply interested in money. |
| Mr Markham asked Ms Driza if she knew that by mid-2005 Judge J was ill and off work. | Mr Markham asked Ms Driza if she knew that by mid-2005 Judge J was ill and off work. |
| She responded: "I had problems and had no-one to help me at all. I would get up and cry, go to work and cry... finish and cry." | She responded: "I had problems and had no-one to help me at all. I would get up and cry, go to work and cry... finish and cry." |
| She denied putting pressure on Judge J, saying: "If there was pressure, it was on me. I am here in this court. I am not British. I have nothing to answer for. The world may think I am guilty. I have nothing to hide and God knows I am not guilty." | She denied putting pressure on Judge J, saying: "If there was pressure, it was on me. I am here in this court. I am not British. I have nothing to answer for. The world may think I am guilty. I have nothing to hide and God knows I am not guilty." |
| Ms Driza said she intended to give back the tape she was alleged to have stolen, but that Judge I had said it was "too late". | |
| The prosecution said at "no stage" had she offered its return and had kept hold of it for blackmail purposes. | |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |