A 32-year-old Indian-origin barrister in the UK has been disbarred from practising law after he was convicted of harassing his ex-girlfriend last year.
Sanjay Roy was convicted at Northampton Crown Court in July and given an 18-month suspended sentence after pleading guilty to putting his ex-girlfriend in fear of violence by harassment.
The Bar Standards Board, which had suspended the lawyer last August, on February 17 decided to bar him from practising as a family law barrister, according to The Times.
“This behaviour is likely to diminish the confidence the public has in Mr Roy and the barrister profession in general,” a spokesperson for the board said.
The court was told last summer that Roy beat his girlfriend, Bibi Taylor-Wilcott, with a belt buckle and poured iced water on her head. He was also said to be highly controlling and wanted her to have an abortion. He insisted that she call him “master”.
