Desmond Rosario
JurisdictionEngland & Wales
BodyBar Tribunals & Adjudication Service (BTAS)
Professionbarrister — Inner Temple
DateTuesday 12 April 2016
Hearing5 Person Disciplinary Tribunal
AppealFinal
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
SanctionStrike Off
Dishonesty foundNo
Desmond Rosario, called to the Bar in November 1990, was convicted at Leicester Crown Court on 15 May 2015 of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl by penetration (contrary to section 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003), committed on 12 October 2013. He was sentenced to 4 years' imprisonment and placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life. A 5-person Disciplinary Tribunal found he breached Core Duty 5 and disbarred him on 12 April 2016.
Duties found breached:
Panel
His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair); His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair); Mr Colin Wilby; His Honour Nicholas Ainley (Chair)
Duties engaged
Documents
Source: https://www.tbtas.org.uk/hearings/findings-and-sentences-of-past-hearings/