NOT GUILTY: Solicitor Wrongly Accused Of Breaking Restraining Order

A solicitor, accused of flouting a restraining order by phoning his ex-wife's house on his twelve year-old son's birthday, has been cleared.

Jonathan Frederick Woodroffe, 49, of Great Austins, Farnham, Surrey, who is employed by Fulham's Excelsior Solicitors, was found not guilty after the Crown Prosecution Service offered no evidence.

He appeared at Wimbledon Magistrates Court after pleading not guilty earlier this year 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.

It is believed she failed to appear in court last week to give evidence in the trial.

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.