Indian -origin court clerk docked for watching porn during 'boring' rape trial

London, Feb 8(ANI): An Indian-origin court clerk, who was caught watching pornography right under the nose of a judge during a rape trial, has said he did so 'because he was bored'.

Debasish Majumder, 54, accessed obscene images of topless women being gagged and couples engaged in sexual acts while the victim gave her harrowing evidence at Inner London Crown Court, the court was told

But the judge, who was sitting directly behind him, caught him.

Majumder, who had worked at Inner London Crown Court, later admitted routinely watching porn while trials were taking place.

"Majumder was working as a court clerk at Inner London and his conduct constituted a wholesale abuse of his position and the equipment provided in that he viewed porn sites on his court computer whilst the court was engaged in the conduct of a trial on an allegation of rape," The Daily Mail quoted a prosecutor, Annabel Darlow, as saying.

"Judge Seed noticed what was taking place. He initially hoped that he had been mistaken or that the behaviour would desist. On December 10, he did take action and drew the attention to the matter of the resident judge," he added.

A police probe into the incident found pornography searches in the history of Majumder's work computer and child and extreme pornography images on his home computer.

He pleaded guilty to one charge of misconduct in public office and five counts of possession of indecent images.

His lawyer Susannah Stevens said her client had suffered a stroke about eight months ago and that could have affected his mental state. (ANI)

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