Barrister fined for giving Salisbury magistrate Nazi salute

Thomas Davidson was found to have ‘behaved in a way which was likely to diminish the trust and confidence the public places in him or in the profession’. Photograph: Glenn Hunt/AAP

A barrister who was found to have raised his hand in a Nazi salute in court has been fined by his professional regulator and handed a reprimand.

Thomas Davidson, who has been a barrister for more than 50 years, was found by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) to have “behaved in a way which was likely to diminish the trust and confidence which the public places in him or in the profession”.