Donald Anthony Ramsbottom

Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision

The Respondent, admitted in 1988, was convicted in the Crown Court on 19 October 2018 of two offences of sexual assault of a child and one offence of making an indecent photograph/pseudo-photograph of a child, and sentenced on 16 November 2018 to concurrent suspended terms. By virtue of these convictions he admitted breaching Principles 2 and 6 of the SRA Principles 2011. The matter was resolved on the papers by an agreed outcome. The Tribunal found the offences extremely serious and that protection of the public and the reputation of the profession demanded he be struck off, with no exceptional circumstances justifying a lesser sanction. He was ordered to pay agreed costs of £1,120.22.

Duties found breached:

• Integrity
• Uphold public trust in the profession

Aggravating factors:

• Convictions for extremely serious criminal offences of a sexual nature involving a child
• High culpability - conduct over which he had direct control
• Potential harm caused to the victims