It really is time that lazy or bent lawyers were prosecuted for attempting to pervert the course of justice. Often in tandem with police or CPS - deliberately trying to break the law.

www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/top-criminal-s....YqDkzm_s_gc.twitter

A fine and suspension for a year seems pretty lenient.

Here he is: www.4kbw.co.uk/members/timothy-raggatt-qc/

Yes I suspect he claims (and indeed it may be true) that it was simply an oversight on his part - a mistake - and nothing was intentional. Many police "bending the rules" do so in the genuine certainty that their victim is a criminal - a murderer or terrorist or, worst of all, someone who had consensual sex with another willing person of the same gender.

Hard to prove otherwise; just as it should be hard to prove guilt of someone claimed to have abused someone. That's why the law was changed making one person's word enough evidence to convict. Which, however well intended, opened the door to abuse.