A deputy high court judge who hit his wife during a row has been sacked for bringing the judiciary into disrepute.
James Allen QC was given a 12-month supervision order by District Judge Daphne Wickham after being convicted at Bradford Magistrates' Court in June.
A spokeswoman for the Office for Judicial Complaints confirmed on Wednesday that 61-year-old Allen had been removed from his post.
During the trial Allen claimed his wife inflicted injuries on herself.
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