A Huddersfield lawyer who has been jailed for supplying cocaine can no longer work as a barrister again.
Omar Khan was ordered to be disbarred by an independent disciplinary tribunal following his conviction for conspiring to supply a controlled drug of Class A. He is serving more than three years in jail.
The Bar Standards Board brought three charges against him for engaging in conduct which is likely to diminish the trust and confidence the public places in him or the profession.
A BSB spokesperson said: “A conviction for conspiring to supply a Class A substance and subsequent prison sentence is incompatible with membership of the Bar. The tribunal’s decision to disbar Mr Khan reflects this.”
Omar Khan, 32, of William Street, Crosland Moor, had been working at a legal firm in Nottingham for five years before he was arrested but had been due to become a barrister in Huddersfield soon and had even set up his own office here.
He was jailed at Nottingham Crown Court for 40 months last April alongside three other men who all admitted the same charge relating to offences committed between the 1st of October and the 4th of December last year.
Sentencing the defendants, Judge Michael Stokes QC said: “It is clear, on the evidence, that on at least two occasions significant quantities of that drug with a high content uncut were delivered, seemingly from the south of England into Nottingham.
Police Appeal After Man Reports Rape in Slough
Keighley Drug Dealer Ordered to Pay Back £170,000
New Bike and Street Trading Rules Coming to Leeds City Centre
Bradford Homes, Hospital and Schools to Benefit from £9.7m Heat Network Expansion
Former Leeds Accountant Jailed for Five More Years Over Unpaid £490,000 Confiscation Order
Manningham Housing Association Achieves LGBTQ+ Housing Pledge Pioneer Status
Police Warn Over New Trend Offering Cash to Accept Parcels
Tributes Paid to Former Buckinghamshire High Sheriff Peter Kara
Calderdale House Builder Fined £300,000 After Worker Suffers Serious Spinal Injuries
Bradford Youth Orchestra Hits the Right Notes on German Tour
Alim OnAir
Legal Show
Bhangra Nights
The Golden Era