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Sheriff accused of sexual harassment removed from office

The tribunal’s chairman Lord Malcolm said: “They are wholly contrary to the standards of conduct and probity expected of anyone holding judicial office.”

Regarding the new evidence heard from C, Lord Malcolm said the tribunal accepted that the passage of time since the assaults on C, and the fact that Mr Brown was not yet a sheriff, were “relevant factors.”

He added: “However he was a mature adult at the time.

“The conduct reflects extremely badly on his character and trustworthiness, and if known of would surely have been an impediment to appointment.”

Lord Malcolm concluded: “In our unanimous view (Mr Brown’s) misbehaviour renders him unfit for judicial office and we report accordingly.”

Mr Brown was arrested and charged in relation to the allegations in January 2019, but prosecutors dropped the case three months later.

He was appointed to the sheriffdom of Aberdeen in 2016.

Mr Brown set up his own legal practice in Dundee in 1996, and has been a sheriff since 2005.


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