A man with a “grandiose sense of self-importance” has been jailed in England for 18 months for impersonating a qualified barrister in court after he donned a wig and robe to represent a friend he met in prison.
David Evans (57), who works as an entertainer, strolled into Plymouth Crown Court dressed in court attire, gained access to the advocates' dressing room and visited his "client" in the cells.
However, Evans was rumbled by the judge because of discrepancies in his clothing and a series of "hopelessly wrong" legal submissions.
A jury at Bristol crown court found Evans unanimously guilty of carrying out a reserved legal activity when not entitled and wilfully pretending to be a person with a right of audience.
He had previously served a sentence for representing himself as a clinical psychiatrist. – (PA)