Glen Bartlett

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

The Respondent, a solicitor admitted in 1981, was convicted on 27 September 2017 at Norwich Crown Court of ten counts of buggery (Person A) and two counts of indecent assault on a male (Person B), and sentenced on 15 December 2017 to 21 years' imprisonment (20 years custodial plus a 1-year extended licence), placed on the Barring List and the Sex Offenders Register indefinitely. The Tribunal proceeded in his absence (he was in prison and had consented to the hearing proceeding). The conviction and underlying findings of fact were admitted in evidence under Rule 15 SDPR. The Tribunal found the conduct breached Principles 2 and 6, assessed seriousness at the highest level, and ordered strike-off plus costs.

Duties found breached:

• Integrity
• Non-discriminatory acceptance and cab-rank

Aggravating factors:

• Criminal convictions for very serious offences
• Misconduct was deliberate, calculated and repeated over a period of time
• Took advantage of two vulnerable people
• Breach of position of trust
• Used his status as a (trainee) solicitor to conceal his actions and prevent Person A speaking out
• Concealed his wrongdoing
• Substantial harm to Persons A and B identified by the trial Judge
• Knew or ought to have known conduct was in material breach of obligations

Mitigating factors:

• Co-operated with the investigating body