A judge has been found guilty of misconduct after threatening to use his influence to get cash from businessmen in a dispute.
Crown Court beak Mark Horton tried to bully a company’s owners for payments after it went bust. The legal eagle was a shareholder in a family firm, breaking rules that ban judges from involvement in running businesses.
An investigating High Court judge gave Horton a warning – but allowed him to stay a Bristol circuit judge despite allegations he abused his position to threaten legal action.
In a statement, the Judicial Complaints Investigation Office said: “The Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice have issued a formal warning to His Honour Judge Mark Anthony Horton after an investigation determined he did not
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