Dark secret | Worker dismissed after hiding sex offender conviction from employer

A UK law firm worker was barred from the profession after not disclosing he had been convicted of possessing indecent images of children to his employer.

Mark Sinclair was employed as a Learning and Development Manager at Ashurst, an international law firm, when he was convicted, the Solicitors Regulation Authority revealed.

Sinclair worked for Ashurst between February 2019 and October 2021, when in February 2021 Sinclair pleaded guilty to three accounts of indecency relating to categories A, B and C over a six-year period, which he failed to tell his employer.

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Reportedly, Sinclair was caught with 45 images on different devices, with category A being the most serious.