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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

Former chair of Criminal Bar Association found to have ‘inappropriately initiated sexual contact’ with aspiring lawyer

Navjot ‘Jo’ Sidhu outside the Old Bailey in June 2022 during the criminal barristers’ strike.
Navjot ‘Jo’ Sidhu outside the Old Bailey in June 2022 during the criminal barristers’ strike. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock

A former chair of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) inappropriately initiated sexual contact with an aspiring lawyer, a disciplinary tribunal has found.

A five-person panel found three charges of professional misconduct to be proven against Navjot “Jo” Sidhu, who was once a contender to be the director of public prosecutions.

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