Two magistrates chastised for improper use of social media

TWO magistrates have been reprimanded by judicial heads over their use of social media.

Roger Warrington has been warned as a result of his “involvement in an inappropriate conversation”.

Atul Gandecha has been given “formal advice for misconduct” as a result of posting a caption “which could have created the impression that he did not take his role as a magistrate seriously”. The two magistrates were separately investigated by the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office, which considers complaints against judges and magistrates.

Detail of the warnings emerged in disciplinary statements posted on the office’s website.

The statements did not say in which courts the magistrates were based.