Henry Hendron, a prominent barrister, has lost his appeal against a 14-month prison sentence for attempting to purchase Class A and Class C drugs from clients he was representing in legal proceedings. The decision was upheld by the Royal Courts of Justice on March 26, dismissing Hendron’s claims that his sentence was excessively harsh and incorrectly issued.
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Hendron, 42, was initially sentenced last June at Woolwich Crown Court after pleading guilty to three counts of intentionally encouraging or assisting the commission of an offence and one count of possessing Class A drugs. The charges stemmed from incidents in 2021 when Hendron attempted to buy methamphetamine and GBL from two clients, Arno Smit and Ezra Benson, whom he was representing in drug supply cases.
