King returned to full-time practice as a criminal defence barrister in May 2011, and is currently a deputy district judge.

During the trial, his defence barristers reported he had attempted suicide on a number of occasions, including one occasion shortly after the tape was made public.

I felt certain that this was where they brought the stuff, but defence barristers usually had difficulty in accepting my word.

He was one of the few defence barristers who shone at committals.

It was, after all, the prosecution's job to prove their case, not the defence barrister's.

The defence barrister, David Lane, then stood up to offer some brief remarks in mitigation.

They will all have a different perspective to a defence barrister sitting in a nice warm Crown Court.

By 2003, he was the top-earning criminal defence barrister, with more than £800,000 in that year.

The play was adjusted to build up the character of the defence barrister.

He was previously a Recorder (part-time judge) and defence barrister.