District Court Judge Garry Neilson removed from Lebanese woman Gladiss Mahfouz's case after making controversial 'Bankstown or Beirut?' remark in court

A judge has removed himself from a case after he asked whether missing defence lawyers had gone to 'Bankstown or Beirut ' during a sentencing hearing of a woman of Lebanese descent.

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