UNITED KINGDOM
Daily Mail
By SAM GREENHILL FOR THE DAILY MAIL
Dame Lowell Goddard ruled her inquiry like a ‘monstrous tyrant’ and finally quit in a fit of petulance before going out for lunch, it was claimed yesterday.
Her doomed reign was allegedly peppered with expletive-ridden tantrums and racist diatribes that left horrified staff feeling ‘totally paralysed’.
But last night, the New Zealand judge issued a stinging rebuttal of the claims against her, adding that the lunch on the day she resigned was ‘simply sandwiches’ with her husband on his birthday.
She rejected accusations that she flew into rages at junior staff, insisting relations were so warm she even greeted the cleaner by name every day.
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