Peter Small of the Toronto Star reports,

He was a former Toronto councillor turned immigration judge and she was a Korean refugee claimant.

They met at a coffee shop to discuss her case and, in a conversation she secretly recorded, he said he wanted to be her “good friend,” court was told Monday.

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“You know if we do things on the side, that’s okay. Don’t worry, I’m not going to be demanding. I’m not going to ask you to move in with me or anything like that,” Lynda Trefler quoted Ellis as saying.