Head of family court denies she tried to force 11-year-old boy to visit his father

Mother claims magistrate ‘locked child in office’

A mother has accused the head of the East London family court of locking her 11-year-old son in her chambers, ostensibly to coerce the child into complying with the terms of a custody order regulating visiting rights with the child’s biological father...

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