‘Take your hat off at once’

A judge stormed out of court today (fri) when a defendant refused to take his hat off – and then ordered his arrest. Dexter Lateef, 33, turned up at Highbury Corner Magistrates Court wearing a baseball cap, earphones and sunglasses. Judge Denis Brennan asked him: ‘Would you mind taking your hat off?’ Lateef, who faces one charge of assault by beating, replied, ‘I would, yes. No offence.’ The judge firmly told him to take his cap off, but Lateef again…