Bruce Hyman

Bruce Hyman

Bruce Anthony Hyman is a radio and TV producer and the only barrister in 800 years to be sent to prison for attempting to pervert the course of justice.

Crime

On Monday 6 August 2007 Hyman was convicted of attempting to pervert the course of justice by faking a Court of Appeal judgment used in a family court hearing, sending the fake legal document to Simon Eades, pretending to be from the charity "Families need Fathers". The document supported Mr Eades's case but when he presented it in court Hyman accused him of forgery. CCTV footage from an computer shop later proved Hyman sent the email and thus had attempted to falsely incriminate Eades [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/ram/today5_barrister_20070829.ram BBC Radio 4 Today program, "Bruce Hyman may today become the first Barrister in British history to go to jail for perverting the course of justice" Wednesday 29 August 2007] ] [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/30/nframed130.xml Framed father tells of barrister fake email plot] Daily Telegraph, 31-Aug-2007] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/6933701.stm BBC account of Hyman´s conviction] 6-Aug-2007] [ [http://www.fnf.org.uk/mck/McK72final.pdf FNF newsletter account of Hyman story] ] [ 26-Aug-2007] [ [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2156512,00.html "The friend of the stars who fell from grace"] The Observer (Guardian Online), 26-Aug-2007] Hyman's client denied any involvement in Hyman's crime. [ [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=480798&in_page_id=1879 "How my barrister forged evidence against my husband - and now faces jail"] Mail on Sunday, 9-Sep-2006] On 19 September 2007 Bruce Hyman was jailed for 12 months at Bristol Crown Court, and ordered to pay £3,000 compensation to his victim. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/7002921.stm "Prison term for producer lawyer"] ] He was released a few days before Christmas 2007 after serving just over two months of his sentence. [ [http://news.realfathersforjustice.org/index.php?itemid=119 "Questions asked as crooked legal eagle is freed early"] ]

Work

At Above the Title Productions Hyman produced three new radio series of Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" in 2003 and 2004, with Helen Chattwell and Dirk Maggs. [ [http://www.abovethetitle.com/hh_home.php Above the Title's] "Hitchhiker's" page.] [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/diary.shtml Production Diary] by Hyman and Dirk Maggs on the BBC Radio 4 website] He also acted as Executive Producer of the BBC Radio 4 programme presented by Clive Anderson called "Unreliable Evidence" until 2006. Hyman has written scripts for Johnny Vegas and Angus Deayton. [http://www.cityuniversitylawsociety.co.uk/news.php City University Law Society] page from 2006 regarding a speaking engagement of Hyman's.]

References

ee also

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/bruce.shtml Piece by Hyman about Hitchhiker's Guide for BBC Radio 4]

External links

* [http://www.cityuniversitylawsociety.co.uk/ City University Law Society:] claiming that Hyman wrote speeches for UK Premier Gordon Brown
* [http://web.ukonline.co.uk/suttonelms/bruce-hyman.html List of Hyman's radio productions]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_6930000/newsid_6934000/6934083.stm?bw=nb&mp=rm&news=1 BBC video] re conviction.
* [http://www.localbrit.co.uk/business/bruce-hyman-broadcasting Hyman Broadcasting]


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