# Bruce Hyman > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bruce_Hyman > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bruce_Hyman.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Hyman > Source revision: 1341318507 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|British radio and TV producer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{use British English|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox criminal | name = Bruce Anthony Hyman | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | cause = | resting_place = | known_for = | alias = | height = | weight = | allegiance = | motive = | charge = [Perverting the course of justice](/source/Perverting_the_course_of_justice) | conviction = Perverting the course of justice (2007) | conviction_penalty = 12 months imprisonment; with a two{{endash}}month non{{endash}}[parole](/source/parole) period | conviction_status = Released | occupation = {{plainlist| *[Barrister](/source/Barrister) *[Radio producer](/source/Radio_producer) *[TV producer](/source/TV_producer) }} | residence = | comments = [Disbarred](/source/Disbarred) as a barrister by the [Bar Standards Board](/source/Bar_Standards_Board) | footnotes = }} '''Bruce Anthony Hyman''' is a British lawyer and former [radio](/source/radio_producer) and [TV producer](/source/TV_producer). A [barrister](/source/barrister) by profession, in 2007 Hyman was the first person in his profession in 800 years{{cite episode|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/ram/today5_barrister_20070829.ram|station=[BBC Radio 4](/source/BBC_Radio_4)|series=[Today](/source/Today_(BBC_Radio_4))|title=Bruce Hyman may today become the first Barrister in British history to go to jail for perverting the course of justice|date=29 August 2007}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/sep/20/ukcrime.stevenmorris|work=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)|title=Barrister becomes first to be jailed for perverting justice|first=Steven|last=Morris|date=20 September 2007|access-date=29 August 2025}} to be [incarcerate](/source/incarcerate)d for attempting to [pervert the course of justice](/source/perverting_the_course_of_justice). ==Crime== On Monday 6 August 2007 Hyman was convicted of attempting to pervert the course of justice. Hyman had been representing a divorced woman fighting for custody of her four-year-old daughter when he tried to falsely incriminate the girl's father. The father, Simon Eades, was applying for increased access to his child. Hyman had crafted and sent a fraudulent email to the father which appeared to be from a charity campaigning for fathers' rights and whose content appeared to support the father's claim that he should be granted greater access to his daughter. When Eades presented the email in court, Hyman accused him of forgery. Eades' own detective work attempting to clear his name led ultimately to the arrest of Hyman. [CCTV](/source/CCTV) footage from a computer shop proved that Hyman had sent the email and thus had attempted to falsely incriminate Eades.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/30/nframed130.xml|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070903124911/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/30/nframed130.xml|archive-date=3 September 2007|work=[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph)|title=Framed father tells of barrister fake email plot|first=Sophie|last=Borland|date=31 August 2007}}{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/6933701.stm|work=[BBC News](/source/BBC_News)|title=Producer lawyer perverts justice|date=6 August 2007|access-date=29 August 2025}}{{wikinews-inline|UK PM's speechwriter awaits sentence}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/aug/26/radio.television|publisher=[Guardian Media Group](/source/Guardian_Media_Group)|work=[The Observer](/source/The_Observer)|title=The friend of the stars who fell from grace|first=Jamie|last=Doward|date=26 August 2007|access-date=29 August 2025}} On 19 September 2007 Hyman was jailed for 12 months at [Bristol Crown Court](/source/Bristol_Crown_Court), and ordered to pay £3,000 compensation to his victim.{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/somerset/7002921.stm|work=BBC News|title=Prison term for producer lawyer|date=19 September 2007|access-date=29 August 2025}} He was released a few days before Christmas 2007 after serving just over two months of his sentence.{{cite web|url=http://news.realfathersforjustice.org/index.php?itemid=119|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727203147/http://news.realfathersforjustice.org/index.php?itemid=119|archive-date=27 July 2011|work=Real Fathers for Justice|title=Questions asked as crooked legal eagle is freed early|first=Marc|last=Mullen|date=24 January 2008}} In November 2008 Hyman was permanently [disbarred](/source/disbarred) by the [Bar Standards Board](/source/Bar_Standards_Board).{{cite web|url=https://www.barstandardsboard.org.uk/disciplinary_finding/74829.html|work=[Bar Standards Board](/source/Bar_Standards_Board)|title=Past Disciplinary Finding {{!}} Mr Bruce Anthony Hyman|date=10 November 2008|access-date=29 August 2025}} At his trial, Hyman, who had committed his crime in the family court, produced a character reference from his friend, [Sir Mark Potter](/source/Sir_Mark_Potter), who was the head of the family division of UK justice. A complaint against Sir Mark Potter in this regard was investigated by the Office of Judicial Complaints.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/nov/16/law-judicial-complaints|publisher=Guardian Media Group|work=The Observer|title=Senior judge faces fresh investigation by watchdog|first=Jamie|last=Doward|date=16 November 2008|access-date=29 August 2025}} ==Work== At [Above the Title Productions](/source/7digital) Hyman produced three new radio series of [Douglas Adams](/source/Douglas_Adams)' ''[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy](/source/The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy)'' in 2003 and 2004, with Helen Chattwell and [Dirk Maggs](/source/Dirk_Maggs).{{cite web|url=http://www.abovethetitle.com/hh_home.php|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051023155845/http://www.abovethetitle.com/hh_home.php|archive-date=23 October 2005|work=Above the Title|title=the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/diary.shtml|publisher=[BBC Radio 4](/source/BBC_Radio_4)|work=The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|title=Final Production Diary - 1 June 2005|access-date=29 August 2025}} He also acted as Executive Producer of the [BBC Radio 4](/source/BBC_Radio_4) programme presented by [Clive Anderson](/source/Clive_Anderson) called ''Unreliable Evidence'' until 2006. Hyman has written scripts for [Johnny Vegas](/source/Johnny_Vegas), [Angus Deayton](/source/Angus_Deayton) and [Gordon Brown](/source/Gordon_Brown).{{cite web|url=http://www.cityuniversitylawsociety.co.uk/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021201041/http://www.cityuniversitylawsociety.co.uk/|archive-date=21 October 2007|publisher=[City St George's, University of London](/source/City_St_George's%2C_University_of_London)|work=City University Student Law Society|title=Bye to the old, welcome to the new|first=Emma|last=Price|date=5 February 2007}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071008083151/http://www.localbrit.co.uk/business/bruce-hyman-broadcasting Business listing for Hyman Broadcasting] archived at [the Wayback Machine](/source/the_Wayback_Machine) * [https://nearlylegal.co.uk/2007/09/hyman-and-doughty-street/ Report about Doughty Street Chambers] by Nearly Legal Housing Law News and Comment * [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03308750 BH Broadcasting Ltd] listing at [Companies House](/source/Companies_House) {{DEFAULTSORT:Hyman, Bruce}} Category:Living people Category:British barristers Category:Disbarred lawyers Category:British television producers Category:British radio producers Category:British people convicted of perverting the course of justice Category:Year of birth missing (living people) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Bruce Hyman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Hyman) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Hyman?action=history)). 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