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Sir Mota Singh QC, who in 1979 became the first Asian and first Sikh judge in England and Wales, has died aged 86. The Kenyan-born barrister was the first judge on the English bench for 300 years not to wear the traditional horse-hair wig, but a starched white turban.
Sir Mota Singh QC, who in 1979 became the first Asian and first Sikh judge in England and Wales, has died aged 86. The Kenyan-born barrister was the first judge on the English bench for 300 years not to wear the traditional horse-hair wig, but a starched white turban.
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