Anger as Kilburn paedophile Harold Anthony jailed for three and a half years (Brent and Kilburn Times) (28 December 2017)

Sunjay Versani, High Court Advocate within Duncan Lewis’ crime department, represented Harold Anthony throughout his criminal proceedings – having provided initial advice at the police station and appearing to represent him at his the final Crown Court sentencing. Mr Anthony was accused of sexually assaulting his 6 year old great niece and indecently assaulting the little girl’s mother some 15 years earlier when she herself was a child. Mr Anthony pleaded guilty to the provable offences before the Court and one other instance of similar offending which he himself disclosed. As a result of meticulously prepared and robust mitigation, and the provision of right and proper advice, Mr Anthony received a three and a half year sentence in total. The sentence in other circumstances could have yielded a sentence between 8-7 years. The article states: ‘Anthony has also been put on the sex offenders register indefinitely, Scotland Yard said.’