Disgraced human rights lawyer Phil Shiner, 67, yesterday avoided jail as he was sentenced for a £200,000 fraud - to the dismay of his Army victims.
Disgraced human rights lawyer Phil Shiner yesterday escaped jail as he was sentenced for a £200,000 fraud.
Some wrongly-accused soldiers were investigated eight times however, and even attempted suicide, before being ultimately cleared.In 2017 he was stuck off as a solicitor for dishonesty and misconduct, in September this year he admitted three counts of fraud - and today he was finally sentenced at London's Southwark crown court.
Judge Christopher Hehir said 'although there was obvious dishonesty', he did not think the former lawyer was 'motivated by personal greed' when fraudulently making claims that earned him hundreds of thousands. True to form, Shiner had been bleeding the taxpayer to the end, pleading poverty and claiming legal aid to support his case.
Mr Campbell, 51, said: 'We were investigated eight times because Phil Shiner just kept lying and lying and lying. According to the National Crime Agency , Shiner's firm went on to receive around £3 million, and the ensuing Al-Sweady inquiry into allegations of mistreatment and unlawful killing of Iraqi nationals by British troops cost the taxpayer £24 million.
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