Barrister Hyman sentenced to one year imprisonment for false incrimination
{{date|September 20, 2007}}

[[w:Bruce Hyman|Bruce Hyman]], the [[United Kingdom|UK]] [[w:barrister|barrister]] who pleaded guilty to [[w:perverting the course of justice|perverting the course of justice]] in August was sentenced to one year in prison at [[w:Bristol Crown Court|Bristol Crown Court]] yesterday. He is reported to be the only barrister ever to have been sentenced for such an offence. After having pleaded in mitigation to be suffering from agitated [[w:depression|depression]] and presenting a character reference from [[w:Sir Mark Potter|Sir Mark Potter]], Head of the [[w:Family Division of the High Court|Family Division of the High Court]], Hyman will now serve about six months with remission.

Hyman's crime, as [[UK PM's speechwriter awaits sentence|reported last month]], was calculated to send an innocent father to prison by providing him with a faked Court of Appeal judgment.

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== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/7002921.stm
|title=Prison term for producer lawyer
|author=
|pub=BBC News Online
|date=19 September 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article2493001.ece
|title=Barrister jailed for trying to frame man with fake e-mail
|author=Simon de Bruxelles
|pub=The Times
|date=September 20, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/30/nframed130.xml
|title=Framed father tells of barrister fake email plot
|author=Sophie Borland
|pub=Telegraph.co.uk
|date=September 20, 2007}}

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[[Category:Crime and law]]
[[Category:United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Bristol]]
[[Category:Europe]]
[[Category:England]]
Bruce Hyman, the UK barrister who pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice in August was sentenced to one year in prison at Bristol Crown Court yesterday. He is reported to be the only barrister ever to have been sentenced for such an offence. After having pleaded in mitigation to be suffering from agitated depression and presenting a character reference from Sir Mark Potter, Head of the Family Division of the High Court, Hyman will now serve about six months with remission.

Hyman's crime, as reported last month, was calculated to send an innocent father to prison by providing him with a faked Court of Appeal judgment.
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