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Judge axed for ‘oversleeping’

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A judge in Costa Rica has been sacked for serial tardiness, the newspaper La Nacion reported on Monday.

A judge in Costa Rica has been sacked for serial tardiness, the newspaper La Nacion reported on Monday. Report by  AFP

The unnamed 35-year-old judge got the axe from a judicial oversight board.

He has repeatedly offered as an excuse that he overslept.

“I have constantly received complaints from prosecutors, judges, administrators, technicians and drivers about his poor performance, such as arriving at the office late, starting hearings almost an hour late, and absenteeism, with excuses such as oversleeping,” the judge’s boss Eladio Sanchez wrote to the board.

The newspaper said the judge, fired in late August, is appealing.