Tokunbo Okunola

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

The respondent, admitted as a solicitor in 1996 (after disclosing an earlier murder conviction), was convicted of attempted murder at the Central Criminal Court on 16 July 2003 and sentenced to life imprisonment on 17 July 2003, with his prior life-sentence licence revoked. He did not appear at the hearing. The Tribunal found the allegation of conduct unbefitting a solicitor substantiated, noting such a serious conviction adversely affects the profession's reputation, and disregarded the earlier murder conviction since admission post-dated it. He was struck off the Roll and ordered to pay costs of £822.71.

Aggravating factors:

• Conviction for the serious offence of attempted murder
• Judge found respondent an immediate and grave danger to the public for an indeterminate length of time