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How Bad Does Your Wide-Ranging Crime Spree Have To Be To Prevent You From Becoming A Solicitor?

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By Alex Aldridge on

Last week a Bradford solicitor was jailed for five years for paying off witnesses in a Crown Court trial to help his client evade fraud charges. But most eye-catching about the case – which involved a fake energy drink called, unappetisingly, ‘Duracell’ – was the rap sheet of the solicitor in question, Majed Iqbal, BEFORE he became a solicitor…

Over to the Bradford Telegraph & Argus:

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