Judge denies he was being racist when he named black Koi carp after boyfriend who killed his daughter

An Old Bailey judge has denied he was being racist by naming a black Koi carp after his daughter’s boyfriend before she was stabbed to death by him. Judge Peter Rook insisted he abhorred racism and naming of the fish ‘Clifton’ had nothing to do with the fact that Clifton George, 45, is also black. He said he apologised to George after the ‘misunderstanding’ and said he named the fish ‘to celebrate a mixed family,’ Snaresbrook crown court heard. George…