Examples of use of zoobia
1. The taxi driver was on the bench at Manchester magistrates‘ court last June when Zoobia Hussain, 32, appeared accused of criminal damage.
2. Ian Murray pulled out of the hearing when Zoobia Hussain appeared in a niqab, which covers the head and the face apart from the eyes.
3. Zoobia Hussain‘s solicitor said she wanted to appear in the dock in the niqab because she Mr Murray, 65, a taxi driver who has been a JP for 12 years, refused to give any reason for his walkout.
4. Ian Murray, a taxi driver who has served on the bench for 12 years, stunned the court by withdrawing from the case of Zoobia Hussain because she was wearing a niqab.
5. Zoobia Hussain, shrouded in the niqab Jack Straw was accused of hypocrisy yesterday after censuring a magistrate who refused to deal with a case in which a Muslim woman wore a face veil.