Solicitor Denies Flouting Restraining Order After Assaulting Wife

A solicitor, accused of flouting a restraining order by phoning his ex-wife's house on his twelve year-old son's birthday, denied the charge when he appeared at Wimbledon Magistrates Court today.

Jonathan Frederick Woodroffe, 49, of Great Austins, Farnham, Surrey, who is employed by Fulham's Excelsior Solicitors, was bailed until a trial at the same court on August 14.

He pleaded not guilty to one count of harassment by leaving a voicemail on his ex's landline on November 17, last year, breaching a restraining order imposed at Richmond Magistrates Court on June 17, 2011.

The order was made after he was convicted of assaulting his ex-wife.

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal also took their own steps and reprimanded Woodroffe for being convicted of assault in non-professional domestic setting and ordered him to pay them £2,226 costs.