Yesterday Golriz Ghahraman appeared in court to plead guilty for her shoplifting offences. It must have been a humiliating experience, but something interesting has come to light. Ghahraman was originally due to appear on 20 March, but somehow managed to squeeze in her appearance seven days earlier.

But that is not the curious part of the shenanigans going on with her case… it appears that the judge hearing the case yesterday, Judge Maria Pecotic, appears to have previously been a work colleague of Golriz Ghahraman.