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

UK barrister made aspiring lawyer have ‘unwanted sex’ with him, tribunal hears

Man speaks above crowd of barristers with wigs outside building with 'Court' on the wall
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) made a woman who was an aspiring lawyer have sex with him against her wishes, a disciplinary tribunal has heard.

Navjot “Jo” Sidhu, who was once a contender to be the director of public prosecutions, is charged with 10 breaches of the Bar Standards Board (BSB) rules for alleged predatory behaviour towards two women.

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