[12] In 2022, Ikram jailed former police constable James Watts for 20 weeks for sharing racist WhatsApp memes mocking the murder of George Floyd.
[15] Professor Andrew Tettenborn, has suggested that while Ikram may have been thoughtless in the terms he used when speaking in America about the case, the matter ought not to be subject to formal sanctions.
[citation needed] On 21 July 2023, PC Perry Lathwood arrested and handcuffed Jocelyn Agyemang because she refused to show a valid ticket for a bus journey although it later transpired that she had paid.
[18] On 13 September 2024, Ikram's decision was overturned on appeal to Southwark Crown Court and PC Perry Lathwood had his criminal conviction quashed.
[19][20] In 2023, Ikram acquitted a trans activist who had told a crowd at a rally in central London that "if you see a Terf, punch them in the fucking face.
[2] On 13 February 2024 Ikram, presiding over a case of three demonstrators carrying or wearing images appearing to glorify Hamas (the political and military movement governing in the Gaza Strip, and designated in the UK as a terrorist organization), found them guilty but let them off with conditional discharges, saying that "emotions ran very high on this issue".
[23][24][25] Unfavourable contrast was drawn to a 20-week sentence he handed down against the former police office for sharing memes mocking George Floyd.
He was, however, issued a formal warning for breaching guidance on social media use and making it known he was a judge on LinkedIn, resulting in "a perception of bias".