LONDON — Britain's Court of Appeal on Friday found Home Secretary (Interior Minister) Kenneth Baker guilty of contempt of court for failing to prevent the deportation of a Zairean teacher.
Three judges ruled 2 to 1 that Baker was in contempt "by reason of his personal decision" to order the Zairean, who was seeking asylum, to be deported May 2 though a judge had ordered his deportation delayed pending a court challenge. A review of his case had been scheduled on the same day he was deported to Kinshasa.
