Dear All
Bent and crooked lawyer stories always attract an interest from the public mainly because lawyers get away it, cover ups or light sentences.
Here is an instance where an Edinburgh lawyer who supplied drugs to a man who later died of a suspected overdose gets a slap on the wrist.
Grant O'Connor, 37, supplied Class A drugs to four men at the offices of Allan McDougall and Co, Dalkeith, in January 2009.
Unfortunately for him; David Norris, 25, died in a friend's home later after taking the drug; he fell unconscious.
So, what was his sentence?
A bit of community service, 150 hours, circa 4 weeks unpaid work supervised.
After a mad boozing session getting wrecked the happy gang toddled back to O’Connor’s office for some ‘charlie’.
In true nauseating fashion; Solicitor advocate Duncan Hughes, representing O'Connor, said this acceptance that his client was not responsible for the death had given him some comfort”.
Amazing how Hughes turns it paint O’Connor as some kind of victim.
He added;
"He will have to live with the guilt for years”.
I estimate the time span as two minutes after he leaves the court.
As part of the sob story, Hughes mentioned that O’Connor’s partnership had been terminated after the incident.
This is one of the most distressing stories I have read since brekkie this morning.
It appears that O’Connor decided to plea guilty and use section 196 (1) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 which gives a discount in sentencing for a guilty plea.
He must be laughing his head off at 150 hours.
For more information on bent and crooked lawyers; I would suggest this website.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
Bent and crooked lawyer stories always attract an interest from the public mainly because lawyers get away it, cover ups or light sentences.
Here is an instance where an Edinburgh lawyer who supplied drugs to a man who later died of a suspected overdose gets a slap on the wrist.
Grant O'Connor, 37, supplied Class A drugs to four men at the offices of Allan McDougall and Co, Dalkeith, in January 2009.
Unfortunately for him; David Norris, 25, died in a friend's home later after taking the drug; he fell unconscious.
So, what was his sentence?
A bit of community service, 150 hours, circa 4 weeks unpaid work supervised.
After a mad boozing session getting wrecked the happy gang toddled back to O’Connor’s office for some ‘charlie’.
In true nauseating fashion; Solicitor advocate Duncan Hughes, representing O'Connor, said this acceptance that his client was not responsible for the death had given him some comfort”.
Amazing how Hughes turns it paint O’Connor as some kind of victim.
He added;
"He will have to live with the guilt for years”.
I estimate the time span as two minutes after he leaves the court.
As part of the sob story, Hughes mentioned that O’Connor’s partnership had been terminated after the incident.
This is one of the most distressing stories I have read since brekkie this morning.
It appears that O’Connor decided to plea guilty and use section 196 (1) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 which gives a discount in sentencing for a guilty plea.
He must be laughing his head off at 150 hours.
For more information on bent and crooked lawyers; I would suggest this website.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
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