Naomi Jane Barnes

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

Naomi Jane Barnes was convicted at Harrow Crown Court on 23 December 2015 of acquiring criminal property (£36,000) and transferring criminal property (£8,000) under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, arising from funds her partner had stolen from his employer. She received a 6-month suspended sentence with unpaid work. The SDT found she breached Principles 1, 2 and 6 of the SRA Principles 2011, including acting with a lack of integrity. The Tribunal made no express finding of dishonesty. Given the seriousness of the conviction and her lack of insight or remorse, the Tribunal struck her off the Roll and ordered costs of £2,000.

Duties found breached:

• Integrity
• Uphold public trust in the profession
• Non-discriminatory acceptance and cab-rank

Aggravating factors:

• Criminal conviction with suspended custodial sentence
• Deliberate conduct over a period of almost a year
• A member of the public suffered financial losses
• Had undertaken anti-money laundering training and ought to have made proper enquiries
• Lack of genuine insight or remorse and no apology

Mitigating factors:

• Previously unblemished record
• Co-operated with the regulator
• Young and relatively inexperienced (qualified just over 4 years)
• Culpability described by sentencing judge as 'at the lesser end'
• Conduct largely arose from relationship with her partner RC

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