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Lawyers for a South African high court judge accused of sexual harassment have dismissed a gender expert’s testimony that “no means no” as “Eurocentric”.

They also accused the expert of an “imposition of whiteness” in her assessment of the case brought against Selby Mbenenge, judge president of the Eastern Cape, by a secretary in his court, Andiswa Mengo.

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The tribunal was told that the judge had asked Mengo 14 times what her favourite sexual position was.

A forensic linguist has previously testified about the meaning of the salacious emojis the judge sent Mengo, explaining that his use of the peach, aubergine and dripping syringe emojis had “sexual connotations”.