Disciplinary Record - Clyde Robert Stevens

Mrs Alison Thorne

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Mr Godwin John Antoine Busuttil

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Mr James Robert McClelland KC

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Mrs Louise Clements

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Judge Stephen Dawson

Clyde Stevens, an unregistered barrister, engaged in conduct likely to diminish the trust and confidence which the public places in a barrister or in the profession in that on 13 November 2015, he committed the offence of sexually assaulting a female by penetration contrary to section 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, for which conduct he was, on 25 January 2017, convicted after a trial at the Crown Court at Luton, and on 10 March 2017 was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment with an order to comply with the requirements of registration on the Sex Offenders Register for life.

Clyde Stevens, an unregistered barrister, failed to report promptly or at all to the Bar Standards Board, as required by Core Duty CD9 and rule rC65.1, that on 12 July 2016 he had been charged with nine indictable offences, namely: 4 charges of committing or inciting an act of gross indecency with a child contrary to section 1 of the Indecency with Children Act 1960; 4 charges of indecent assault on a female under the age of 16 years contrary to section 14(1) of the Sexual Offences Act 1956; and 1 charge of sexual assault on a female by penetration contrary to section 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.

Clyde Stevens, an unregistered barrister, failed to report promptly or at all to the Bar Standards Board, as required by Core Duty CD9 and rule rC65.2, that on 25 January 2017, he had been convicted at the Crown Court at Luton of 9 criminal offences, namely: 4 offences of committing or inciting an act of gross indecency with a child contrary to section 1 of the Indecency with Children Act 1960; 4 offences of indecent assault on a female under the age of 16 years contrary to section 14(1) of the Sexual Offences Act 1956; and 1 offence of sexual assault on a female by penetration contrary to section 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.