Giovanni di Stefano
I just had to comment on this case and especially this quote from the article: 'This was fraud by anyone's standards and a charade that he kept up for over eight years in order to line his own pockets.' When the establishment wants to insult and ridicule a person they always say he or she was 'lining their own pockets'. I'd need to be shown a lawyer who wasn't lining their own pockets before I found this guy guilty. As for being found guilty 'of tricking people into thinking he was a trained legal representative' this, to my mind is an apt description of most lawyers in the UK, especially in the field of fighting corporate interests, it's good to know that it's a crime and that plaintiffs will now be able to bring criminal charges against their ineffectual and sometimes bogus advocates. As for his being stated by the prosecution as being 'willing to argue for unpopular causes.' I hope that I can find out which prison he's sent to, we need more advocates like Giovanni di Stefano. Martin Walker MA