Richard Ian Oxer

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

Richard Ian Oxer, a solicitor, was convicted on 7 November 2017 of three counts of making indecent photographs of a child, and on 23 November 2017 of attempting to incite a 13-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity and attempting to cause a child to watch an image of sexual activity. He was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment. The Tribunal found he breached SRA Principles 2 and 6 (admitted). Given the extreme seriousness of the misconduct, involving very young children, the Tribunal ordered he be struck off the Roll and pay costs of £2,608. No express finding of dishonesty was made; the case concerned integrity and public trust.

Duties found breached:

• No taking unfair advantage
• Uphold public trust in the profession

Aggravating factors:

• Criminal convictions
• Conduct was deliberate, calculated and repeated
• Second, more serious offence committed while on bail
• Involved vulnerable people including a child as young as 3
• Very grave harm to victims and reputation of profession

Mitigating factors:

• No previous disciplinary appearances
• No concealment software on devices
• Notified the SRA of his arrest and ceased to practise
• Pleaded guilty and made admissions
• Co-operated with the Applicant
• Accepted gravity of his actions